Civil

What do we mean by civil?

Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens. adjective

Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state. adjective

Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical. adjective

Sufficiently observing or befitting accepted social usages; polite: synonym: polite. adjective

Being in accordance with or denoting legally recognized divisions of time. adjective

Relating to the rights of private individuals and legal proceedings concerning these rights as distinguished from criminal, military, or international regulations or proceedings. adjective

Pertaining to the state in general; pertaining to organized society as represented by government.

Specifically, relating to the commonwealth as secularly organized for purposes of peace: opposed to ecclesiastical, military, or naval; relating to the citizen in his relations to the commonwealth as thus organized, or to his fellow-citizens: as, civil rights; or, in particular, relating to property and other rights maintainable in law at the owner's suit: opposed to criminal: as, civil actions, civil courts, civil remedies.

Reduced to order, rule, and government; not in a condition of anarchy; controlled by a regular administration; exhibiting some refinement of customs and manners; not savage or wild; civilized: as, civil life; civil society.

Intestine; not foreign: as, civil war.

Courteous; obliging; well bred; affable; often, merely or formally polite; not discourteous.

Characteristic of a citizen, as opposed to a courtier, soldier, etc.; not gay or showy; sober; grave; somber.

More specifically, the municipal law of the Roman empire, the phrase jus civile (civil law) being used in Roman law for those rules and principles of law which were thought to be peculiar to the Roman people, in contradistinction to those which were supposed to be common to all nations (jus gentium). By English and American legal authors civil law is now commonly used to signify the whole system of Roman law, of which the principal source is the collection made by the Emperor Justinian, consisting of the Digest, Code, and Novellæ Constitutiones. Sometimes the term is also applied to the unwritten law of the principal nations of continental Europe, especially of Germany, which is based on the Roman law. Some authors speak in the latter case of modern civil law. The civil law is the basis also of the law of Scotland, Spanish America, Louisiana, and Quebec.

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. adjective

Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. adjective

Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. adjective

Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. adjective

Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. adjective

Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. adjective

An action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. adjective

Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.

Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.

Secular.

Words that are spelled similarly to civil:
civil, cavil, civic, cibil, civis, civi, divil, civl.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word civil:
disobedience, liberties, servant, parish, mustered, unrest, aviation, rights, war, confederate, cheshire, engineering, litigation, engineer, activist, procedure, criminal, enlisted, volunteer, courts, patrol, yorkshire, matters, movement.

Words that rhyme with civil:
drivel, swivel, shrivel, uncivil, divall.

Adjectives that are often used to describe civil:
post, pre, history, non, state, anti, criminal, procedure, uncommonly, pro, prc, part, etat, jurisdictional, ante, applicable, devilish, rwanda, law, texas, sudan, sundry, mini, china, uncommon, angola, warlike, code, thrifty, bloodless, cum, government, pennsylvania, paramilitary, nigeria, thepre, lsa, quasi.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective civil:
war, rights, society, servants, service, law, wars, liberties, movement, government, servant, disobedience, cases, liberty, authorities, power, engineering, authority, engineer, administration, strife, laws, action, courts, officers, code, affairs, matters, engineers, religion, legislation, actions, organizations, jurisdiction, aviation, list, suits, suit, court, reform, magistrate, liability, officials, population, proceedings, marriage, procedure, services, institutions, defense, unrest, leaders, conflict, penalties, bill, status, litigation, offices, right, examinations, freedom, military, justice, disturbances, disorder, contract, governor, causes, societies, office, activists, struggle, aircraft, ceremony, officer, equality, libertarians, commitment, discord, magistrates, commission, defence, codes, employees.

Consonant match to civil:
servile, surveil, serval, seville, save-all, saville, save all, savill, sa ville, savel, savell.

Words that sound like civil:
civil, civile, seval, sovel, seville, saville, sayville, swivel, servile, serval, siva, civily, savill, civils, servil, civa, save all, sieving, several, sefl, civilly, seva, cephal, setchell, shovel, sizzle, sickle, satchel, hovel, sicle, cyril, sigil, sava, sicl, sivan, sickel, sachel, sigel, civet, sual, sewell, cheval, satchell, sahel, sisal, surveil, sova, suva, siddle, sissel, sichel, scissile, civvy, sewel, sewall, ceva, hevel, ceol, scovell, saffle, saffell, sivak, scovel, sisel, sosial, scovil, stoval, syal, saiva, sivas, sydel, sighful, sivam, cicl, sevilla, seviche, savelli, sayreville, saving, weevil, cel, havel, rivel, yuval, yeovil, zwolle, wevil, heuvel, civic, savoy, saveloy, sackville, cheville, ceryl, savitch, safal, ceryle, c l, javelle, c.l.