civility

Preposition: of

people: It is the measure of the civility of a people.

Converse of object

• maintain: There were no reports of looting, and many shared what little food they had, maintaining civility under trying circumstances.
• retain: If this was America, I'd never have opened my door but fortunately Oxford still retains some basic civility.
• produce: Usually they work against us, but this time they're working in our favor: the London bombs were hostilities producing civilities.
• offer: The bishop might have spared his visit, but since he offered that civility, they could not keep him at the gate.

Adjective modifier

• basic: It's not rocket science, just basic civility.
• great: A boy who is good at games is usually treated with great civility by the masters at an English Public School.
• same: The same civility I received from Dr. Gibbons, Dr. Gardener, and others.
• such: I am sure we owe him no such particular civility as to be obliged to say nothing HE may not like to hear.
• more: There is more civility and courteousness than you find now in many other international cities.
• common: Less dramatically, perhaps, has been the decline in common civility, and neighborliness.

Preposition: in

• society: This is the direct result of the lack of respect and civility in society and in our lack of moral or ethical direction.
• city: Civility in the city: Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in urban America.