Civilization
Civilization , noun
[Compare French civilisation.]
1.
The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.
Our manners, our civilization, and all the good things connected with manners, and with civilization, have, in this European world of ours, depended for ages upon two principles --... the spirit of a gentleman, and spirit of religion.
2.
(Law) Rendering a criminal process civil. [Obsolete]