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Polite sort of servants (5)

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civil

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'polite' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for civil that I've seen before include "Nonviolent refusal to obey laws" , "Polite to the state" , "Not rude" , "Mannerly" , "(Of law) non-criminal" .)

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