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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Festi-val :: Festi-val (n.) A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious..
Smallsword :: Smallsword (n.) A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century..
Gownman :: Gownman (n.) One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier..
Favor :: Favor (n.) A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received..
Civilized :: Civilized (a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated..
Insurgent :: Insurgent (n.) A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel.
Terrorism :: Terrorism (n.) The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.
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;
Barbarous :: Barbarous (a.) Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country..
Faair-spoken :: Faair-spoken (a.) Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible..
Discourteous :: Discourteous (a.) Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous.
State :: State (n.) Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a community of a particular character; as, the civil and ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. Estate, n., 6..
Incivility :: Incivility (n.) Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
Dead :: Dead (a.) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead..
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..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper..
Pioneer :: Pioneer (n.) One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform..
Gallantry :: Gallantry (n.) Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue..
Incivilities :: Incivilities (pl. ) of Incivilit.
Theocrat :: Theocrat (n.) One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.
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