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According to WordNet, the adjective "civil" has 6 sense(s).

302696920 of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride".

301518161 applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military; "civil authorities".

302697116 of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobedience"; "civil branches of government".

300412355 of or in a condition of social order; "civil peoples".

300642934 (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean midnight".

300642379 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.

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