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civil

of or in a condition of social order; "civil peoples"

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

(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean midnight"

applying to ordinary citizens; "civil law"; "civil authorities"

of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"

of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobedience"; "civil branches of government"

Synonyms:

• absolute,
• accommodating,
• affable,
• agreeable,
• amiable,
• appropriate,
• aristocratic,
• attentive,
• authoritarian,
• autocratic,
• autonomous,
• becoming,
• bland,
• bureaucratic,
• civic,
• civilian,
• civilized,
• clubbable,
• clubbish,
• clubby,
• common,
• communal,
• communicative,
• companionable,
• companionate,
• compatible,
• complaisant,
• congenial,
• congregational,
• considerate,
• constitutional,
• cordial,
• cosmopolitan,
• courteous,
• courtly,
• cultivated,
• decent,
• decorous,
• deferential,
• democratic,
• despotic,
• dictatorial,
• diplomatic,
• domestic,
• fair,
• fascist,
• federal,
• federalist,
• federalistic,
• felicitous,
• fit for society,
• fitting,
• fond of society,
• formal,
• friendly,
• general,
• genial,
• genteel,
• governmental,
• graceful,
• gracious,
• gregarious,
• gubernatorial,
• happy,
• heteronomous,
• hospitable,
• impolite,
• internal,
• international,
• laic,
• laical,
• lay,
• mannered,
• mannerly,
• matriarchal,
• matriarchic,
• meet,
• monarchal,
• monarchial,
• monarchic,
• monocratic,
• national,
• nonclerical,
• nonecclesiastical,
• nonministerial,
• nonordained,
• nonpastoral,
• nonreligious,
• obliging,
• official,
• oligarchal,
• oligarchic,
• parliamentarian,
• parliamentary,
• patriarchal,
• patriarchic,
• pluralistic,
• polished,
• polite,
• politic,
• political,
• popular,
• proper,
• public,
• refined,
• republican,
• respectful,
• right,
• secular,
• secularist,
• secularistic,
• seemly,
• self-governing,
• sociable,
• social,
• social-minded,
• societal,
• solicitous,
• state,
• suave,
• suitable,
• supranational,
• tactful,
• temporal,
• theocratic,
• thoughtful,
• totalitarian,
• ungracious,
• urbane,
• well-bred,
• well-mannered