civility

IPA: sʌvˈɪɫʌti

Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy.
(chiefly in the plural) An individual act or expression of polite behaviour; a courtesy.
(now archaic) The state or fact of being civilized; civilization.
(obsolete) A civil office; a civil capacity.

Examples of "civility" in Sentences

That is the opposite of civility.
Civility is important to the functioning of the project.
Therefore, it is imperative that we also include the word civility in our national discourse.
Papa addressed him at the school tea-drinking, with _constrained_ civility, but still with _civility_.
The term civility refers to behaviour between persons and groups that conforms to a social mode that is, in accordance with the civil society, as itself being a foundational principle of society and law.
KING (on camera): And striking to listen to the ceremonies today, Anderson, the term civility used over and over again at the cathedral in Washington in recent days as the final tributes were paid to the 38th president of the United States.
As Booth was a sweet-tempered man, as well as somewhat of a philosopher, he behaved with all the good-humour imaginable, and indeed, with more than his companions; who, however, shewed him what they call civility, that is, they neither struck him nor spit in his face.