[ˈsɪvl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters
(e.g: civil aviation)

- courteous and polite
(e.g: they were comparatively civil to their daughter)

- (of time) fixed by custom or law rather than being natural or astronomical
(e.g: civil twilight)


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin civilis, from civis ‘citizen’