Civility vs Curtesy - What's the difference?
civility | curtesy |
Politeness]]; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of [[behave, behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.
* Chesterfield
(obsolete) The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; civilization.
* Sir J. Davies
(obsolete) A civil office, or a civil process.
* Latimer
The tenure that a man is entitled to over the property of his deceased wife if there is a child who could inherit it.
As nouns the difference between civility and curtesy
is that civility is politeness]]; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of [[behave|behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety while curtesy is the tenure that a man is entitled to over the property of his deceased wife if there is a child who could inherit it.civility
English
(wikipedia civility)Noun
- The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be.
- Monarchies have risen from barbarism to civility , and fallen again to ruin.
- To serve in a civility .