• of or in a condition of social order; "Civil peoples"
• 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"- W.S. Maugham
• (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; "the Civil calendar"; "a Civil day begins at mean midnight"
• applying to ordinary citizens; "Civil law"; "Civil authorities"
• of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "Civil rights"; "Civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"
• of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "Civil affairs"; "Civil strife"; "Civil disobediece"; "Civil branches of government"

'Civil' in other languages