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

See also: civilian, civilised [Brit], civility, civilized

Antonym: rude, sidereal

Encyclopedia: Civil