'Civility' definitions:
Definition of 'civility'
(from WordNet)
noun
Formal or perfunctory politeness [ant: incivility]
noun
The act of showing regard for others [syn: politeness, civility]
Definition of 'Civility'
From: GCIDE
- Civility \Ci*vil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Civilities. [L. civilitas: cf. F. civilit['e]. See Civil.]
- 1. The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Monarchies have risen from barbarrism to civility, and fallen again to ruin. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- The gradual depature of all deeper signification from the word civility has obliged the creation of another word -- civilization. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A civil office, or a civil process [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To serve in a civility. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression. [1913 Webster]
- The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be. --Chesterfield. [1913 Webster]
- The sweet civilities of life. --Dryden.
- Syn: Urbanity; affability; complaisance. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'civility'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acculturation,
- act of courtesy,
- affability,
- agreeableness,
- amenities,
- amenity,
- amiability,
- appropriateness,
- attention,
- becomingness,
- bienseance,
- ceremonies,
- civilities,
- civilization,
- clubbability,
- clubbishness,
- clubbism,
- comity,
- communicativeness,
- companionability,
- compatibility,
- complaisance,
- conformity,
- congeniality,
- considerateness,
- consideration,
- convenance,
- convention,
- conventional usage,
- conventionalism,
- conventionality,
- cordiality,
- correctness,
- courteousness,
- courtesy,
- courtliness,
- cultivation,
- culture,
- custom,
- decencies,
- decency,
- decorousness,
- decorum,
- deference,
- dignities,
- diplomacy,
- diplomatic code,
- education,
- elegance,
- elegancies,
- enculturation,
- enlightenment,
- etiquette,
- exquisite manners,
- familiarity,
- favor,
- felicity,
- fitness,
- fittingness,
- fondness for society,
- form,
- formalities,
- formality,
- friendliness,
- geniality,
- genteelness,
- gentilities,
- gentility,
- good form,
- good manners,
- graceful gesture,
- gracefulness,
- graces,
- graciousness,
- gregariousness,
- happiness,
- hospitality,
- intimacy,
- manners,
- meetness,
- mores,
- natural politeness,
- point of etiquette,
- polish,
- polite act,
- politeness,
- politesse,
- properness,
- proprieties,
- propriety,
- protocol,
- punctilio,
- quiet good manners,
- refinement,
- respect,
- respectfulness,
- rightness,
- rites,
- rituals,
- rules of conduct,
- seemliness,
- sociability,
- sociableness,
- social code,
- social conduct,
- social convention,
- social grace,
- social graces,
- social procedures,
- social usage,
- sociality,
- socialization,
- solicitousness,
- solicitude,
- suitability,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- thoughtfulness,
- urbanity
Words containing 'Civility'
- Civil,
- Civilities,
- Civilization,
- Civilize,
- Civilized,
- Civilizer,
- Civilizing,
- Civil action,
- Civil architecture,
- Civil day,
- Civil death,
- Civil engineer,
- Civil engineering,
- Civil law,
- Civil liberty,
- Civil list,
- Civil remedy,
- Civil service,
- Civil state,
- Civil suit,
- Civil time,
- Civil war,
- Civil year,
- Code civil,
- Hallstatt civilization,
- Hallstattian civilization,
- aegean civilization,
- civil authority,
- civil censorship,
- civil ceremony,
- civil contempt,
- civil defense,
- civil disobedience,
- civil leader,
- civil libertarian,
- civil marriage,
- civil officer,
- civil order,
- civil right,
- civil rights,
- civil servant,
- civil union,
- civil wrong,
- cycladic civilization,
- helladic civilization,
- indus civilization,
- jus civile,
- minoan civilization,
- mycenaean civilization,
- western civilization,
- Civil Service Commission,
- Civil Service Reform,
- american civil war,
- civil rights activist,
- civil rights leader,
- civil rights movement,
- civil rights worker,
- civil-libertarian,
- english civil war,
- spanish civil war,
- uncivilized vs civilized,
- international civil aviation organization,
- united states civil war