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/sɪˈvɪl.ɪ.ti/ · noun
Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy..
December 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be.
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.
Mr Lovelace received from every one those civilities which were due to his birth […]
Monarchies have risen from barbarism to civility, and fallen again to ruin.
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.
Use civility when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Civility means Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy..
Common synonyms include politeness.
Possible antonyms include incivility.
December 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be.
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