civil

adjective

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

• 2courteous and polite:we tried to be civil to him

• 3(of time measurement or a point in time) fixed by custom or law rather than being natural or astronomical:civil twilight starts at sunset