ENGLISH: civil - CREOLE: sivil



Overview of adj civil



The adj civil has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (7) civil -- (applying to ordinary citizens; "civil law"; "civil authorities")

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")

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