Relating to the rights and responsibilities of those who live together in towns or other inhabited regions: The civics project, which was started by a teacher, was established to involve students and their parents in working together to improve their lives and also better conditions for others in their urban area.

1. A school subject in which students study how governments work and what people’s rights, duties, and responsibilities are as residents: The high school class in civics emphasized that everyone should do his or her best to have equality for everyone.
2. The study of the way in which governments work; and of the rights, the privileges, and the obligations of those who live in a municipality: When the mayor spoke to local groups, he tried to point out that civics was more than an educational study, but that all of them are responsible for doing what they can do to make life better, not only for themselves, but for everyone in the district.