Definition of civile
1. civil [ a ] applying to ordinary citizens
Examples:
"civil law"
"civil authorities"
(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)
The concern of Utopia is with the optimo reipublicae statu , the best ordering of a civil society ; and it is again_and_again made clear that Utopian communism provides the institutional array indispensable to that best ordering .
(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)
Andrei stopped at Litowski_Place and looked_around quickly at the boundary of civil buildings .
Synonyms civil Related Terms civilian2. civil [ a ] not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
Examples:
"even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham
(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)
He was smooth and civil spoken but it seemed to me there was something tough under his self-effacing manner .
Synonyms civil polite Related Terms uncivil civility3. civil [ a ] of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
Examples:
"civil rights"
"civil liberty"
"civic duties"
"civic pride"
4. civil [ a ] (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
Examples:
"the civil calendar"
"a civil day begins at mean midnight"
5. civil [ a ] of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
Examples:
"civil affairs"
"civil strife"
"civil disobediece"
"civil branches of government"
6. civil [ a ] of or in a condition of social order
Examples:
"civil peoples"
Similar Spelling
civilcivilly
civil_law
