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1
of or relating to a nation
- the country was not destroyed by outside enemies but by a series of civil wars
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2
showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners
- please try to be civil to your ex-husband at the upcoming family wedding
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- acceptable,
- appropriate,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- comme il faut,
- correct,
- decent,
- decorous,
- fit,
- fitting,
- good,
- meet,
- proper,
- respectable,
- right,
- seemly,
- suitable
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The first known use of civil was in the 14th century
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