Definition of civil

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Civil (a.) Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable..

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Actor :: Actor (n.) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
Interchange :: Interchange (n.) The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities between two persons..
Officeholder :: Officeholder (n.) An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman..
Mannerliness :: Mannerliness (n.) The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance.
Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine..
Incivility :: Incivility (n.) The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.
Minor :: Minor (n.) A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one years of age..
Retort :: Retort (v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response..
Capitulary :: Capitulary (n.) A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections..
Incapacitate :: Incapacitate (v. t.) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify..
Neighborly :: Neighborly (a.) Apropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly.
Self-government :: Self-government (n.) Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy..
Conge :: Conge (n.) The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.
Uncivil :: Uncivil (a.) Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
Civily :: Civily (adv.) In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and privileges; politely; courteously; in a well bred manner.
Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility..
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..
Civilizing :: Civilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Civiliz.
Worship :: Worship (a.) Honor; respect; civil deference.
Myrmidon :: Myrmidon (n.) A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc..
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