Associations to the word «Civility»

Wiktionary

CIVILITY, noun. Politeness; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.
CIVILITY, noun. (obsolete) The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; civilization.
CIVILITY, noun. (obsolete) A civil office, or a civil process.

Dictionary definition

CIVILITY, noun. Formal or perfunctory politeness.
CIVILITY, noun. The act of showing regard for others.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin