Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Civility

Civility , noun

[Latin civilitas: compare French civilité. See Civil.]

1.
The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization. [Obsolete]
Monarchies have risen from barbarrism to civility, and fallen again to ruin. — Sir J. Davies
The gradual depature of all deeper signification from the word civility has obliged the creation of another word -- civilization. — Trench
2.
A civil office, or a civil process [Obsolete]
To serve in a civility. — Latimer
3.
Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression.
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be. — Chesterfield
The sweet civilities of life. — Dryden