In`ci*vil"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Incivilities (#). [L. incivilitas: cf. F. incivilit'e.]
1. The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.
Shak. Tillotson.
2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities.
Jer. Taylor.
3. Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
Syn. -- Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.
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