civil
Academic Word List, sublist 4.
About 67.54 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.
- adjective Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.
It was very civil of him to stop the argument.
- adjective In a peaceful and well-ordered state.
- adjective Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.
a civil case
- adjective Secular.
Similar words
civic civilian civilized polite private-sector official administrative government governmental bailiff
Often followed by
war rights service and society servants law liberties wars code
Word family
civiler civilest
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