Details of word CIVIL

Definition of civil

a. - 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.
a. - Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
a. - Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.
a. - Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.
a. - Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
a. - Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.

Word "civil" contains 5 letters : C I I L V

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