Definition of civil

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Civil (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.

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Pretor :: Pretor (n.) A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans.
Heathenish :: Heathenish (a.) Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel.
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers..
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language..
Disrespectful :: Disrespectful (a.) Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior..
Civilizer :: Civilizer (n.) One who, or that which, civilizes or tends to civilize..
Germ :: Germ (n.) That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty..
Civilize :: Civilize (v. t.) To admit as suitable to a civilized state.
Establishment :: Establishment (n.) That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures;
Pressure :: Pressure (n.) A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization..
Decivilize :: Decivilize (v. t.) To reduce from civilization to a savage state.
Inquest :: Inquest (n.) A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand..
Reconstruction :: Reconstruction (n.) The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War..
Praemunire :: Praemunire (n.) The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom..
Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
Culture :: Culture (n.) The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.
Transgress :: Transgress (v. t.) Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral..
Placet :: Placet (n.) The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
Faair-spoken :: Faair-spoken (a.) Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible..
Courteous :: Courteous (a.) Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant..
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