civility means Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 66 out of 100.
noun
- Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy.“This is an exact Inventory of what we found about the Body of the Man-Mountain, who uſed us with great Civility, and due Reſpect to your Majeſty's Commiſſion.”
- An individual act or expression of polite behaviour; a courtesy.“Mr Lovelace received from every one those civilities which were due to his birth […]”
- The state or fact of being civilized; civilization.“Monarchies have risen from barbarism to civility, and fallen again to ruin.”
- A civil office; a civil capacity.“For what an enormity is this in a chriſtian realme to ſerue in a ciuility, hauinge the profyt of a Prouoſtſhip and a Deanrye, and a Perſonage? But I wil tel you what is lyke to come of it. It wil bring the clergy ſhortly into a very ſlauery.”