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applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military;
"civil authorities"
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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"
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of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state;
"civil affairs"
"civil strife"
"civil disobedience"
"civil branches of government"
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of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals;
"civil rights"
"civil liberty"
"civic duties"
"civic pride"
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(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life;
"the civil calendar"
"a civil day begins at mean midnight"
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of or in a condition of social order;
"civil peoples"