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"
   - polite 
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 
5. (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
   "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean midnight" 
6. Of or in a condition of social order
   "civil peoples"

See also: citizen, civilian, civilised [Brit], civility, civilized, civilly, state

Antonym: sidereal, uncivil

Encyclopedia: Civil

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