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n. An engagement in conversation intended to enhance understanding.
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Civil discourse is engagement in discourse (conversation) intended to enhance understanding.
Usage examples of "civil discourse".
The exaggerated airs of civil discourse made their efforts at self-control obvious.
I en-gage in civil discourse with a young woman and it's treated as if it's a high crime!
I engage in civil discourse with a young woman and it's treated as if it's a high crime!
It was getting rank inside the sanctuary, both in odor and in civil discourse.
I am compelle' to reiterate that the objections we have raise' to the Imperial presence on our worl' have taken the form of civil discourse only.
They hadjust now struck a civil discourse with one another,and even the Orion was behaving like a gentleman.
They had just now struck a civil discourse with one another, and even the Orion was behaving like a gentleman.