civil

adjective

• 1 [attributive] relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters:civil aviation
• (of conflict) occurring between citizens of the same country:civil strife
• Law relating to private relations between members of a community; non-criminal:a civil action a civil court
• Law relating to civil law.

• 2courteous and polite:they were comparatively civil to their daughter they try to work out their differences in a civil manner

• 3(of time) fixed by custom or law rather than being natural or astronomical:civil twilight