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applying to ordinary citizens
civil law
civil authorities
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not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
even if he didn't like them he should have been civil
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of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
civil affairs
civil strife
civil disobedience
civil branches of government
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of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
civil rights
civil liberty
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(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
the civil calendar
a civil day begins at mean midnight
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of or in a condition of social order
civil peoples
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