Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Courteous behavior; politeness.
- noun A courteous act or utterance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Citizenship.
- noun The state of being civilized; redemption from barbarity; civilization. See first extract under civilization.
- noun Relation to the civil law rather than to religion.
- noun Good breeding; politeness, or an act of politeness; courtesy; kind attention: as, to show one many civilities.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization.
- noun obsolete A civil office, or a civil process.
- noun Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Politeness ;courtesy ; an individual act or a manner ofbehaving whichconforms tosocial conventions ofpropriety . - noun obsolete The state of society in which the relations and duties of a
citizen are recognized and obeyed;civilization . - noun obsolete A
civil office , or a civilprocess .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun formal or perfunctory politeness
- noun the act of showing regard for others
Etymologies
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Examples
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Papa addressed him at the school tea-drinking, with _constrained_ civility, but still with _civility_.
Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Clement King Shorter 1891
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Therefore, it is imperative that we also include the word civility in our national discourse.
Randy Jurado Ertll: Bullying and Incivility Have Become an Epidemic Randy Jurado Ertll 2011
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Therefore, it is imperative that we also include the word civility in our national discourse.
Randy Jurado Ertll: Bullying and Incivility Have Become an Epidemic Randy Jurado Ertll 2011
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Therefore, it is imperative that we also include the word civility in our national discourse.
Randy Jurado Ertll: Bullying and Incivility Have Become an Epidemic Randy Jurado Ertll 2011
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Therefore, it is imperative that we also include the word civility in our national discourse.
Randy Jurado Ertll: Bullying and Incivility Have Become an Epidemic Randy Jurado Ertll 2011
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The term civility refers to behaviour between persons and groups that conforms to a social mode that is, in accordance with the civil society, as itself being a foundational principle of society and law.
Manners, Civility, Social Graces and Love of One's Neighbor Esther G. 2009
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KING (on camera): And striking to listen to the ceremonies today, Anderson, the term civility used over and over again at the cathedral in Washington in recent days as the final tributes were paid to the 38th president of the United States.
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Therefore, it is imperative that we also include the word civility in our national discourse.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Randy Jurado Ertll 2011
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As Booth was a sweet-tempered man, as well as somewhat of a philosopher, he behaved with all the good-humour imaginable, and indeed, with more than his companions; who, however, shewed him what they call civility, that is, they neither struck him nor spit in his face.
Amelia — Complete Henry Fielding 1730
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As Booth was a sweet-tempered man, as well as somewhat of a philosopher, he behaved with all the good-humour imaginable, and indeed, with more than his companions; who, however, shewed him what they call civility, that is, they neither struck him nor spit in his face.
Amelia — Volume 2 Henry Fielding 1730
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