civil in WordNet English dictionary

1. of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
   "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"
   civil  civic 
   
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
   civil  polite 
   
3. (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
   "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean midnight"
   civil 
   
4. of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
   "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobedience"; "civil branches of government"
   civil 
   
5. applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
   "civil authorities"
   civil 
   
6. of or in a condition of social order
   "civil peoples"
   civil