Usually means: Polite, courteous, relating to citizens.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word Civil:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. civil: Merriam-Webster
  2. civil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. civil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. civil: Collins English Dictionary
  5. civil: Vocabulary.com
  6. Civil, civil: Wordnik
  7. civil: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Civil, civil: Wiktionary
  9. civil: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. civil: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. civil: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. civil: Dictionary.com
  13. civil: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. civil: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Civil (disambiguation), Civil: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Civil: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. civil: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. civil: Rhymezone
  19. civil, civil, civil(e), civil(e) (m/f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. civil: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. civil: FreeDictionary.org
  22. civil: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. civil: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. civil: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. civil: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. civil: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. civil: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. civil: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. civil: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. civil: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. civil: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CiViL: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Civil)

▸ adjective:  (not comparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
▸ adjective:  (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.
▸ adjective:  (archaic) In a peaceful and well-ordered state.
▸ adjective:  (law) Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.
▸ adjective:  Secular.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
civilian, civilized, polite, civic, criminal, governmental, military, ecclesiastical, religious, judicial, more...

Opposite:
uncivil, barbaric, rude, coarse, hostile

Types:
marriage, divorce, adoption, custody, guardianship, wills, trusts, estates, power of attorney, more...

Phrases:
civil war, civil rights, civil service, civil society, civil servants, more...

Adjectives:
post, pre, history, non, state, anti, criminal, procedure, uncommonly, pro, prc

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Similar:
civilian, civilized, polite, civic, criminal, governmental, military, ecclesiastical, religious, judicial, more...

Opposite:
uncivil, barbaric, rude, coarse, hostile

Types:
marriage, divorce, adoption, custody, guardianship, wills, trusts, estates, power of attorney, more...

Phrases:
civil war, civil rights, civil service, civil society, civil servants, civil liberties, civil law, civil engineering, civil code, civil procedure, civil disobedience, civil servant, civil wars, civil aviation, more...

Adjectives:
post, pre, history, non, state, anti, criminal, procedure, uncommonly, pro, prc

Colors:
    gray,     navy blue,     white,     black,     beige, more...



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