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"even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"adjectivenot rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
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"civil rights" "civil liberty"adjectiveof or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
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"civil authorities"adjectiveapplying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
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"civil peoples"adjectiveof or in a condition of social order
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"the civil calendar" "a civil day begins at mean midnight"(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of lifeOpposite:
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"civil affairs" "civil strife" "civil disobedience" "civil branches of government"of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
Definition that contains civil
- militia civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
- reserves civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
- civvies civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform
- mufti civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform
- civies civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform
- american civil war civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
- united states civil war civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
- english civil war civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648
- war between the states civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
- spanish civil war civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939