civil

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more civilciviler

Superlative

most civilcivilest

1.
(not comparable)Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.
2.
(comparable)Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.
It was very civil of him to stop the argument.
They despise each other, but they are always civil in public.
3.
(archaic)In a peaceful and well-ordered state.
4.
(law) Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.
a civil case
5.
Secular.
Đồng nghĩa: nonreligious, temporal, worldy, areligious, civil, earthly, irreligious, laicist, laicistic, mundane, nonreligious, profane, secular, temporal, unconsecrated, unsanctified, worldly

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Đồng nghĩa

nonreligious temporal worldyareligiousearthlyirreligiouslaicistlaicisticmundane profane secular unconsecrated unsanctified worldly

Trái nghĩa

anti-civilimpolite inconsideratenoncivilrude

Cùng gốc / liên quan

civilisecivilishcivilizecivilnesscivilogueovercivil ultracivil uncivilcivil actioncivil aviationcivil celebrantcivil codecivil courtcivil daycivil deathcivil defencecivil defensecivil disobediencecivil enforcement officercivil engineering

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English cyvyl, civil, borrowed from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (relating to a citizen), from cīvis (citizen) ultimately from proto-Indo-European *ḱey-. Cognate with hīwen, hīrǣden (family). More at hind; hird.