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Meaning of civil

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  civil
      adj 1: applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the
             military; "civil authorities"
      2: not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal)
         adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy
         consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he
         should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham [syn: {civil},
         {polite}] [ant: {rude}, {uncivil}]
      3: of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens
         of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil
         disobedience"; "civil branches of government"
      4: of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals;
         "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic
         pride" [syn: {civil}, {civic}]
      5: (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs
         of life; "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean
         midnight" [ant: {sidereal}]
      6: of or in a condition of social order; "civil peoples"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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