civil order
Peaceful public life
Civil order is the condition of public peace and stability in a society, where laws are followed and social institutions function normally.
The term often appears when that stability is threatened or absent: The riots disrupted civil order, Troops were deployed to restore civil order.
Maintaining civil order is typically the responsibility of police and government authorities.
- governmentAuthority over a state
- lawBinding principle or regulation
- social contractAgreement exchanging freedom for order
- common goodBenefit shared by all
- social harmonyPeaceful coexistence among people
community · cooperation · police · security · first responders · reconciliation · statute · tolerance · judiciary · solidarity · due process · emergency services · town hall meeting · neighborhood watch · regulation · constitution · legislature · respect
- regulationsrules, rule, regulations, regulation, law
- ConfucianismConfucius, Analects, Mencius, Four Books, benevolence
- Restraining OrdersEPO, interdict
civil orderanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
chaos · disorder · lawlessness · civil unrest · pandemonium
civil orderfailed state
Ungovernable nation lacking authority
insurrection · revolution · rebellion · civil war · societal collapse
civil ordercivil war
Domestic armed conflict
war · armed conflict · insurrection · rebellion · revolution
civil, order, civic, civility, civilian, civilize, civilized, civilization, civics