Civility

ahd-5
  • noun. Courteous behavior; politeness.
  • noun. A courteous act or utterance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization.
  • noun. A civil office, or a civil process.
  • noun. Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Politeness; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.
  • noun. The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; civilization.
  • noun. A civil office, or a civil process.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. formal or perfunctory politeness
  • noun. the act of showing regard for others
    • Word Usage
    "Papa addressed him at the school tea-drinking, with _constrained_ civility, but still with _civility_."
    cross-reference
    politeness  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    courtesy  good manners  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ability  acceptability  adaptability  admissibility  affordability  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    affability  amiability  cheerfulness  cordiality  decency  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acculturation  act of courtesy  affability  affability  agreeableness  
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.