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Civility
//sɪˈvɪl.ɪ.ti// noun
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Noun
- 1 Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy. countable, uncountable
"This is an exact Inventory of what we found about the Body of the Man-Mountain, who uſed us with great Civility, and due Reſpect to your Majeſty's Commiſſion."
- 2 the act of showing regard for others wordnet
- 3 An individual act or expression of polite behaviour; a courtesy. countable, in-plural, uncountable
"Mr Lovelace received from every one those civilities which were due to his birth […]"
- 4 formal or perfunctory politeness wordnet
- 5 The state or fact of being civilized; civilization. archaic, countable, uncountable
"Monarchies have risen from barbarism to civility, and fallen again to ruin."
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- 6 A civil office; a civil capacity. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"For what an enormity is this in a chriſtian realme to ſerue in a ciuility, hauinge the profyt of a Prouoſtſhip and a Deanrye, and a Perſonage? But I wil tel you what is lyke to come of it. It wil bring the clergy ſhortly into a very ſlauery."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin civilitas: compare French civilité. English equivalent civil + -ity.
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