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Definition of civil:
- Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.
- Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; - said of an individual.
- Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.
- Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
- Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.
- Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; - said of the community.
Synonyms:
agnostic, godless, rationalist, courtly, militant, civic, cordial, extraterritorial, secular, national, accomplished, criminal, ex-servicewoman, effective, noncombatant, ex-serviceman, municipal, forensic, polished, public, well-behaved, extrajudicial, local, enabling, atheist, proper, civilian, guerrilla, irreverent, antitrust, collateral damage, anarchic, civilised, rebellious, specific, common law, complaisant, polite, courtesy, criminally, seditious, genteel, humanism, unorthodox, formal, the home front, revolutionary, public, evacuee, civvy, correct, civilized, mutinous, irreligious, radical, urbane, heretic, rebel.
- courteous (part of speech: adjective)
- elegant (part of speech: adjective)