1. Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens: civil duties.

2. Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state: government agencies concerned with civil affairs.

3. Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical: married in a civil ceremony at city hall.

4. Sufficiently observing or befitting accepted social usages; polite: a civil reply. See Synonyms at polite.

5. Being in accordance with or denoting legally recognized divisions of time: a civil year.

6. Law Relating to the rights of private individuals and legal proceedings concerning these rights as distinguished from criminal, military, or international regulations or proceedings.