Civility Definition

sĭ-vĭlĭ-tē
civilities
noun
civilities
Politeness, esp. in a merely formal way.
Webster's New World
A civil, or polite, act or utterance.
Webster's New World

Politeness; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.

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Noun

Singular:
civility
Plural:
civilities

Origin of Civility

Civility Sentence Examples

  • Civility is the second casualty of political debate.

  • She was now treated with every honour and civility, and finally established with her own court at St James's Palace.

  • Nelson was received with formal civility by the Russian officers, with whom he exchanged visits.

  • It's not rocket science, just basic civility.

  • He was of imposing presence and had great conversational powers; but his inflexible integrity was not sufficiently tempered by tact and civility to admit of his winning general popularity.

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