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Civil

adjective

Applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military.

Not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others. Synonym: polite.

Of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state. "Civil strife" , "Civil disobedience" , "Civil branches of government"

Of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals. Synonym: civic. "Civil liberty" , "Civic duties" , "Civic pride"

(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life. "A civil day begins at mean midnight"

Of or in a condition of social order.

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"Civil" Quotes from Famous Books

... merit however men had obtained civil promotion; it must not therefore be neglected. Of such neglect indeed my passionate love of letters would not admit. With respect to law, though infinitely too slow for the rapidity of my desires, still it was ...

— The Adventures of Hugh Trevor • Thomas Holcroft

... demand for this remedy, known as Dr. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE, by the Medical Profession, Hospitals, Dispensaries—Civil, Military, and Naval—and Families especially, guarantees that this statement of its extreme importance and value is a bona fide one, and worthy the attention ...

— A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes • Charles Elme Francatelli

... and fatal to any kind of good government than this it is impossible to imagine. The governors did what they considered right in their own eyes, and made as much money as they could, while they could. They collected the taxes and as much more as they could get; they administered the laws of Manu in civil and criminal affairs, except when tempted to deviate therefrom by good reasons; they carried out orders received from Mandalay, when these orders fell in with their own desires, or when they considered ...

— The Soul of a People • H. Fielding

... Not a penny under. And dirt cheap to the nation that buys it. I shall let it go at that, though I could make ten times as much if I held on. I shall take it up to the Secretary of the Navy in a week or two; and if he seems to be a civil deserving sort of person I shall do business with him. It's not every day, Munro, that a man comes into his office with the Atlantic under one arm and the Pacific ...

— The Stark Munro Letters • J. Stark Munro

... a thorough military training so as to be equal to any other man. A professional army is maintained in the main for the defence and maintenance of the master class. A professional army is a specialised class or caste, divorced from civil life, hostile to the general body of the community, and maintained as an instrument to serve the purpose of the master class. That purpose is as often the suppression of popular movements at home as aggression abroad. If it were possible to abolish ...

— British Socialism - An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals • J. Ellis Barker

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