Definition of civil

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of civil is as below...

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

Lern More About Civil

Duress :: Duress (n.) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense..
Barbaic :: Barbaic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement..
Flear :: Flear (n.) A grin of civility; a leer.
Complacency :: Complacency (n.) The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability.
Talmud :: Talmud (n.) The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.
Courtesy :: Courtesy (n.) Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.
Police :: Police (n.) The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws..
Administrator :: Administrator (n.) One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager..
Hogreeve :: Hogreeve (n.) A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.
Ill-bred :: Ill-bred (a.) Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill, adv..
Bluntly :: Bluntly (adv.) In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility..
Bow :: Bow (n.) An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility..
Rank :: Rank (v. i.) To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation..
Civil :: Civil (a.) Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state..
Civillty :: Civillty (n.) A civil office, or a civil process.
Civilian :: Civilian (n.) One skilled in the civil law.
Civillty :: Civillty (n.) Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression.
Civilize :: Civilize (v. t.) To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
Capitulary :: Capitulary (n.) A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections..
Auto-da-fe :: Auto-da-fe (n.) An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us