Civil | Mean of civil in English Dictionary

/ˈsɪvəl/

• of or relating to the people who live in a country
1. civil liberties/duties
2. a period of civil unrest [=a time when groups of people in a country fight one another]
• of or relating to the regular business of the people in a city, town, state, etc.
1. They got married in a civil ceremony at city hall.
2. civil institutions
• polite but not friendly
1. It was hard to be civil when I felt so angry.
2. She was barely civil to me.

• caring about art, science, government, people's well-being, etc.
1. She argues that a civil [=(more commonly) civilized] society takes care of its weakest members.
• relating to laws that describe a person's rights rather than to laws about crime
1. The couple filed a civil suit against the company that made the crib.
2. civil cases
3. rules of civil procedure