civility
ci-vil-i-ty / sĭ-vĭl-ĭ-tē
noun 1. graciousness towards others, courtesy, politeness Civility costs nothing, and buys everything. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1689-1792 2. an act of consideration for others The civilities of the great are never thrown away. Samuel Johnson, 1709 - 1784 etymology Through the Middle English and Old French noun civilite (politeness, civility) from the Latin noun civilitas (the science of politics, behavior appropriate for a citizen, politic action), a combination of the adjective civilis (belonging to a citizen [civis]) and the abstract-noun-forming suffix -tas. Thank you to Allen Ward for providing this etymology.