In`ci*vil"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Incivilities (#). [L. incivilitas: cf. F.
incivilité.]
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.