2. (1) civil, polite -- (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)
3. civil -- (of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobedience"; "civil branches of government")
4. civil, civic -- (of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride")
5. civil -- ((of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean midnight")
6. civil -- (of or in a condition of social order; "civil peoples")