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civil

('s/I/v/@/l )

not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others(adj.all)

Example:
Even if he didn't like them he should have been civil.

Synonym:
polite
Antonym:
rude, uncivil

source: wordnet30
of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state(adj.pert)

Example:
Civil affairs.
Civil strife.
Civil disobedience.
Civil branches of government.

source: wordnet30
of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals(adj.pert)

Example:
Civil rights.
Civil liberty.

Synonym:
civic

source: wordnet30
(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life(adj.all)

Example:
The civil calendar.
A civil day begins at mean midnight.

Antonym:
sidereal

source: wordnet30
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)

source: webster1913

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