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Definition of Civility
1. Noun. Formal or perfunctory politeness.
Attributes: Civil, Polite, Rude, Uncivil
Derivative terms: Civil
Antonyms: Incivility
2. Noun. The act of showing regard for others.
Generic synonyms: Action
Specialized synonyms: Courtesy, Deference, Respect, Devoir
Derivative terms: Civil, Polite
Definition of Civility
1. n. The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization.
Definition of Civility
1. Noun. Politeness; an individual act or a manner of behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Civility
1. courtesy; politeness [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Civility
Literary usage of Civility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by Martha Joanna Lamb, Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-, John Austin Stevens (1889)
"... OF civility AND DECENT BEHAVIOUR Editor oJ Magazine of American History: In
the interest of accurate historical statements the following observations ..."
2. The Photographic History of the Civil War ...: Thousands of Scenes by Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier (1911)
"We knew that we were engaged in a civil war, hut such civility exceeded our
expectations. THE AGED STRANGES AN INCIDENT OF THE WAK " I was with Grant ..."
3. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... general civility of the Lower Orders—State of Society—Van Diemen's Land—Hobart
Town—Aborigines all banished—Mount Wellington —King George's ..."
4. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania (Colony) Provincial council (1852)
"They threw down a third parcel of skins, & civility said, that he wilh some of
the young men had thin Last spring some ..."
5. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"This double civility occasioned a treble inconvenience, for Cave, who had the
upper hand, as in all reason she ought, was crowded to the wall by ..."
6. Poems by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1890)
"The Nursling of civility. LO, how the woman once was woo'd : Forth leapt the
savage from his lair, And fell'd her, and to nuptials rude He dragg'd her, ..."
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