civil
ADJECTIVE:
1. of, relating to, or consisting of citizens:
civil life; civil society.
2. of the commonwealth or state:
civil affairs.
3. of citizens in their ordinary capacity, or of the ordinary life and affairs of citizens, as distinguished from military and ecclesiastical life and affairs.
4. of the citizen as an individual:
civil liberty.
5. befitting a citizen:
a civil duty.
6. of, or in a condition of, social order or organized government; civilized:
civil peoples.
7. adhering to the norms of polite social intercourse; not deficient in common courtesy:
After their disagreement, their relations were civil though not cordial.
8. marked by benevolence:
He was a very civil sort, and we liked him immediately.
9. (of divisions of time) legally recognized in the ordinary affairs of life:
the civil year.
10. of or relating to civil law.
11. of the ordinary life of citizens as distinguished from military, legal, or ecclesiastical affairs.
12. of or relating to the citizen as an individual:
civil rights.
13. of or occurring within the state or between citizens:
civil strife.
14. polite or courteous.
15. a less common word for civic.
16. of or in accordance with Roman law.
17. relating to the private rights of citizens.
18. of or relating to citizens:
civil duties.
19. of or relating to the state or its citizenry:
civil strife.
20. civilized:
civil society.
21. adequate in courtesy and politeness; mannerly:
a civil question; It was hard to be civil when I felt so angry.
22. of, relating to, or based on civil law.
23. relating to private rights and to remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.
24. established by law:
civil freedoms.
25. of, relating to, or involving the general public, their activities, needs, or ways, or civic affairs as distinguished from special (such as military or religious) affairs:
got married in a civil ceremony.
of time:
based on the theoretical mean sun and legally recognized for use in ordinary affairs:
the civil calendar // Esoteric and sometimes outlandish balloons were floated: If we're not going to worry about civil time matching solar time, for instance, why not simplify global timekeeping even more by reducing the number of global time zones from twenty-four to five? —Michelle Stacey.
Examples:
They got married in a civil ceremony at city hall; It was hard to be civil when I felt so angry. —Merriam-Webster.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin cīvīlis, equivalent to cīv(is) citizen + -īlis-il. British dictionary: C14: from Old French, from Latin cīvīlis, from cīvis citizen. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of civil: 14th century. History and Etymology for civil: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin civilis, from civis — see civic. —Merriam-Webster.
See FAQs about civil at Merriam-Webster.*
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 17 September 2020 {11:40 AM}
1. of, relating to, or consisting of citizens:
civil life; civil society.
2. of the commonwealth or state:
civil affairs.
3. of citizens in their ordinary capacity, or of the ordinary life and affairs of citizens, as distinguished from military and ecclesiastical life and affairs.
4. of the citizen as an individual:
civil liberty.
5. befitting a citizen:
a civil duty.
6. of, or in a condition of, social order or organized government; civilized:
civil peoples.
7. adhering to the norms of polite social intercourse; not deficient in common courtesy:
After their disagreement, their relations were civil though not cordial.
8. marked by benevolence:
He was a very civil sort, and we liked him immediately.
9. (of divisions of time) legally recognized in the ordinary affairs of life:
the civil year.
10. of or relating to civil law.
11. of the ordinary life of citizens as distinguished from military, legal, or ecclesiastical affairs.
12. of or relating to the citizen as an individual:
civil rights.
13. of or occurring within the state or between citizens:
civil strife.
14. polite or courteous.
15. a less common word for civic.
16. of or in accordance with Roman law.
17. relating to the private rights of citizens.
18. of or relating to citizens:
civil duties.
19. of or relating to the state or its citizenry:
civil strife.
20. civilized:
civil society.
21. adequate in courtesy and politeness; mannerly:
a civil question; It was hard to be civil when I felt so angry.
22. of, relating to, or based on civil law.
23. relating to private rights and to remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.
24. established by law:
civil freedoms.
25. of, relating to, or involving the general public, their activities, needs, or ways, or civic affairs as distinguished from special (such as military or religious) affairs:
got married in a civil ceremony.
of time:
based on the theoretical mean sun and legally recognized for use in ordinary affairs:
the civil calendar // Esoteric and sometimes outlandish balloons were floated: If we're not going to worry about civil time matching solar time, for instance, why not simplify global timekeeping even more by reducing the number of global time zones from twenty-four to five? —Michelle Stacey.
Examples:
They got married in a civil ceremony at city hall; It was hard to be civil when I felt so angry. —Merriam-Webster.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin cīvīlis, equivalent to cīv(is) citizen + -īlis-il. British dictionary: C14: from Old French, from Latin cīvīlis, from cīvis citizen. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of civil: 14th century. History and Etymology for civil: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin civilis, from civis — see civic. —Merriam-Webster.
See FAQs about civil at Merriam-Webster.*
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 17 September 2020 {11:40 AM}