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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. [1913 Webster] 2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. [1913 Webster] England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. [1913 Webster] Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston [1913 Webster] 4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. [1913 Webster] Note: "A civil man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'" --Trench [1913 Webster] 5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. [1913 Webster] 6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. [1913 Webster] {Civil action}, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. {Civil architecture}, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc. {Civil death}. (Law.) See under {Death}. {Civil engineering}. See under {Engineering}. {Civil law}. See under {Law}. {Civil list}. See under {List}. {Civil remedy} (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. {Civil service}, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. {Civil service reform}, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. {Civil state}, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states. {Civil suit}. Same as {Civil action}. {Civil war}. See under {War}. {Civil year}. See under {Year}. [1913 Webster] 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" From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: civil /sivil/ civil; civilian; non-military From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]: civil 1. civil; civilian; non-military 2. civic From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-spa-eng]: civil civil; civilian; non‐military(civila) From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: civil civil; civilian; non‐military