civility

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  1. noun Courteous behavior; politeness.
  2. noun A courteous act or utterance.

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  • Observe how Natalie replies to the smallest civility which is offered to her. —  Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1.
  • "The point of Smart People is to return its anti-hero to something like civility, which is not exactly a startlingly original comic notion," writes —  GreenCine Daily
  • Incumbents Jackie Kasabach and Jack Johnson defended themselves on some of their past votes, and whether civility is a campaign issue. —  Aspen Times - Top Stories
  • John Seigenthaler brought the panel to a close noting that while the word civility is not in the forty five words of the —  Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee
  • With Bush / Cheney and now McCain / Palin the new Republican brand is turning out to be: Win at any cost - civility, the truth and the nation's interests be damned! —  TIME.com: Top Stories
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  1. from Middle English civylite, citizenship, from Old French civilite, French civilité = Spanish civilidad = Portuguese civilidade = Italian civilità, civiltà, civility, from Latin civilita(t-)s, the art of government, politics, also courtesy, from civilis, civil: see civil and -ity.
 

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