civility

  • 21civility — ci vil·i·ty || lÉ™tɪ n. politeness, courtesy, graciousness …

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  • 22civility — noun (plural civilities) politeness and courtesy. ↘(civilities) polite remarks used in formal conversation …

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  • 23civility — n. Courtesy, courteousness, urbanity, politeness, affability, complaisance, amiability, suavity, good breeding, elegance of manners …

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  • 24civility — n 1. courtesy, amenity, urbanity, comity, suavity, social graces, manners; social procedures, decorum, propriety, protocol. 2. courteousness, politeness, politesse, mannerliness, good behavior; respect, respectfulness, deference; dec orousness,… …

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  • 25civility — ci·vil·i·ty …

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  • 26civility — ci•vil•i•ty [[t]sɪˈvɪl ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) courtesy; politeness 2) a polite action or expression 3) archaic civilization; culture; good breeding • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME civilite < MF < L cīvīlitās courtesy. See civil, ity …

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  • 27civility — n. (pl. ies) 1 politeness. 2 an act of politeness. Etymology: ME f. OF civiliteacute f. L civilitas tatis (as CIVIL) …

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  • 28Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation — Rules of Civility Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation is the name of a list best known as a school writing exercise of George Washington, who became the first president of the United States of America. Most of the rules have been traced… …

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  • 29Civic virtue — Civility redirects here. For the Wikipedia policy on civility, see Wikipedia:Civility. Jacques Louis David s 1784 painting The Oath of the Horatii, illustrating a dramatic moment from Livy s history of Rome, embodies eighteenth century ideas… …

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  • 30Civilities — Civility Ci*vil i*ty, n.; pl. {Civilities}. [L. civilitas: cf. F. civilit[ e]. See {Civil}.] 1. The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …

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