Civilized

Civ′i-lized

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Adj.

Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.

Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable with the present state of

civilized

society.

J. Quincy.

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pp.

Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning and civil manners.

Such sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable with the present state of civilized society.

civilized ‎(comparative more civilized, superlative most civilized)

Having a highly developed society or culture.
Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.
Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess:
  A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
  ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’

having a highly developed society or culture

Manx: ardveenit
Romanian: civilizat (ro) m, civilizată f
Russian: цивилизо́ванный (ru) ‎(civilizóvannyj), воспи́танный (ru) ‎(vospítannyj), культу́рный (ru) ‎(kulʹtúrnyj)

showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement

marked by refinement in taste and manners