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civil

Adjective A2 – Elementary

Relating to ordinary citizens and their everyday affairs, rather than to the military or religious institutions.

"Every citizen has certain civil rights protected by the constitution."

"Civil" can also mean polite, as in "keep the conversation civil", a different sense from "civil rights".

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