1.applying to ordinary citizens;
civil law
2.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- W.S. Maugham
3.of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state;
civil affairs
4.of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals;
civil rights
5.(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life;
the civil calendar
6.of or in a condition of social order;
civil peoples