Definition of civil

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Civil (a.) Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state..

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Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service..
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..
Compliment :: Compliment (n.) An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend..
Sabbaton :: Sabbaton (n.) A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress..
Spirit :: Spirit (v. t.) To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up..
Hogreeve :: Hogreeve (n.) A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.
Humanize :: Humanize (v. t.) To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.
Cherokees :: Cherokees (n. pl.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes..
Worship :: Worship (a.) Honor; respect; civil deference.
Complacency :: Complacency (n.) The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability.
Conge :: Conge (n.) The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.
Tort :: Tort (n.) Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury..
Civilian :: Civilian (n.) One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper..
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..
Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
Flear :: Flear (n.) A grin of civility; a leer.
Anarchist :: Anarchist (n.) An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
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..
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..
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