civil

/ˈsɪvəl/ adjective

Translation

PEOPLE [always before noun] › relating to the ordinary people or things in a country and not to military or religious organizations

sivillere veya şeylere ilişkin

They married in a civil ceremony.662

LAW [always before noun] › relating to private arguments between people and not criminal cases

medeni konularla ilgili, uygar, medenî

a civil court 684

POLITE › polite in a formal way

kibar, nazik

He and his ex-wife can't even have a civil conversation.1010

(Definition of civil adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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