Civility and Spitefulness

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Civility noun - An act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners.

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Spitefulness is an antonym for civility.

Spitefulness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

Usage example: cut down their neighbors' tree out of sheer spitefulness

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Civility is an antonym for spitefulness.

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