ciuill

Adjective

civil (comparative more civil or civiler, superlative most civil or civilest)

1. (not comparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
   • She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.
2. (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.
   • It was very civil of him to stop the argument.

   Antonyms:

   anti-civil, impolite, inconsiderate, noncivil, rude

3. (archaic) In a peaceful and well-ordered state.
   • Herein thou haſt done good ſeruice to thy country:
     VVere all inhumaine ſlaues ſo ſerued as he,
     England would be ciuill, and from all ſuch dealings free.1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I
4. Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.
   • a civil case
5. Secular.
   • As if our Saviour had said, No man can enter into heaven except he be born again; so as he speaketh not only of notorious Sinners, as Adulterers, Drunkards, Swearers, & c. but of all who are in their natural condition, tho' they live never so unblameably, free from scandalous sins, if they be not...1680, A Practical Discourse of Regeneration

   Synonyms:

   nonreligious, temporal, worldy, areligious, earthly, irreligious, laicist, laicistic, mundane, profane

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