Adjective
1. applying to ordinary citizens;
"civil law""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. Maugham3. of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state;
"civil affairs""civil strife""civil disobediece""civil branches of government"4. of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals;
"civil rights""civil liberty""civic duties""civic pride"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"