civility

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English

Borrowed from Latin civilitas: compare French civilité. See civil.

civility (countable and uncountable, plural civilities)

Politeness; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.
- Chesterfield
  The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be.
(obsolete) The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; civilization.
- Sir J. Davies
  Monarchies have risen from barbarism to civility, and fallen again to ruin.
(obsolete) A civil office, or a civil process.
- Latimer
  To serve in a civility.

politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions

Portuguese: civilidade (pt) f
Romanian: civilitate f, politețe (ro) f, curtenie (ro) f
Russian: ве́жливость (ru) f (véžlivostʹ), учти́вость (ru) f (učtívostʹ), любе́зность (ru) f (ljubéznostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: modh m or f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: култу́ра f, културност f

Roman: kultúra (sh) f, kulturnost f
Spanish: civismo (es) m, civilidad f
Turkish: edep (tr), incelik (tr), kibarlık (tr), nezaket (tr)

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