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

adjective (a)

  • 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

adjective satellite (s)

  • applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military(adj.all)
    Example:
    Civil authorities.
    source: wordnet30
  • of or in a condition of social order(adj.all)
    Example:
    Civil peoples.
    source: wordnet30
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