civil
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(s) applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
- civil authorities
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(a) not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
- even if he didn't like them he should have been civil - W.S. Maugham
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(a) of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
- civil affairs
- civil strife
- civil disobedience
- civil branches of government
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(a) of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
- civil rights
- civil liberty
- civic duties
- civic pride
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(a) (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
- the civil calendar
- a civil day begins at mean midnight
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(s) of or in a condition of social order
- civil peoples
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