Civil(a.) 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.
Civil(a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
Civil(a.) Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.
Civil(a.) Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.
Civil(a.) Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
Civil(a.) Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.
Civilities(pl. ) of Civillty
Civilization(n.) The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.
Civilization(n.) Rendering a criminal process civil.
Civilize(v. t.) To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
Civilize(v. t.) To admit as suitable to a civilized state.
Civilized(a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.
Civilized(imp. & p. p.) of Civilize
Civilizer(n.) One who, or that which, civilizes or tends to civilize.
Civilizing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Civilize
Words within civilizing