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Incivilities

Incivility \In`ci*vil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Incivilities. [L. incivilitas: cf. F. incivilit['e].]

  1. The quality or state of being uncivil; lack 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. Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.]
    --Sir W. Raleigh.

    Syn: Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.