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Noun [English]

IPA: /sɪˈvɪl.ɪ.ti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-civility.wav Forms: civilities [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin civilitas: compare French civilité. English equivalent civil + -ity. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|civilitas}} Latin civilitas, {{cog|fr|civilité}} French civilité, {{suf|en|civil|ity}} civil + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} civility (countable and uncountable, plural civilities)
  1. Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions): أَدَب (ʔadab) [masculine] (Arabic), আদব (adob) (Bengali), নাজাকত (nazakôt) (Bengali), вежливост (vežlivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), учтивост (učtivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), civisme [masculine] (Catalan), civilitat [feminine] (Catalan), dececo (Esperanto), civitismo (Esperanto), ĝentileco (Esperanto), kohteliaisuus (Finnish), politesse [feminine] (French), civismo (Galician), Anstand [masculine] (German), Höflichkeit [feminine] (German), Verbindlichkeit [feminine] (German), sibhialtacht [feminine] (Irish), civiltà [feminine] (Italian), civilitas [feminine] (Latin), ard-veenid [feminine] (Manx), نزاکت (nezâkat) (Persian), civilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), civilitate [feminine] (Romanian), politețe [feminine] (Romanian), curtenie [feminine] (Romanian), ве́жливость (véžlivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), учти́вость (učtívostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), любе́зность (ljubéznostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), modh [feminine, masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), култу́ра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), културност [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kultúra [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kulturnost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), civismo [masculine] (Spanish), civilidad [feminine] (Spanish), edep (Turkish), incelik (Turkish), kibarlık (Turkish), nezaket (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-civility-en-noun-nsAa-FvP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 41 15 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 34 27 36 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 31 32 3 Disambiguation of 'politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions': 51 40 6 3
  2. (chiefly in the plural) An individual act or expression of polite behaviour; a courtesy. Tags: countable, in-plural, uncountable
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  3. (now archaic) The state or fact of being civilized; civilization. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
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  4. (obsolete) A civil office; a civil capacity. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overcivility, uncivility

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "ʔadab",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
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      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "word": "আদব"
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      "word": "নাজাকত"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "civisme"
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      "word": "civilitat"
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      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "word": "dececo"
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      "word": "civitismo"
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      "word": "ĝentileco"
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      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "word": "kohteliaisuus"
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      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
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      "word": "politesse"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "word": "civismo"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Anstand"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Höflichkeit"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Verbindlichkeit"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sibhialtacht"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "civiltà"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "civilitas"
    },
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ard-veenid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nezâkat",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "word": "نزاکت"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "civilidade"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "civilitate"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "curtenie"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "véžlivostʹ",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ве́жливость"
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      "roman": "učtívostʹ",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "учти́вость"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubéznostʹ",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "любе́зность"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
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      "word": "modh"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "култу́ра"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
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      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "word": "edep"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "word": "incelik"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "word": "kibarlık"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
      "word": "nezaket"
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