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humane
[ hyoo-meynor, often, yoo- ]
adjective
- characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed:
humane treatment of prisoners.
Synonyms: charitable, benignant, benevolent, sympathetic, gentle, compassionate, tender, kindhearted, kindly, kind, merciful
- acting in a manner that causes the least harm to people or animals:
humane trapping of stray pets.
- of or relating to humanistic studies.
humane
/ hjuːˈmeɪn /
adjective
- characterized by kindness, mercy, sympathy, etc
- inflicting as little pain as possible
a humane killing
- civilizing or liberal (esp in the phrases humane studies, humane education )
Derived Forms
- huˈmaneness, noun
- huˈmanely, adverb
Other Words From
- hu·manely adverb
- hu·maneness noun
- unhu·mane adjective
- unhu·manely adverb
- unhu·maneness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of humane1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The change is an unalloyed good: It makes us more humane and our relationships more real.
That is why I believe that you feel the value of this ethical and humane togetherness.
“We have to be humane and we care about our patients but we are also not a prison,” the anonymous doctor said.
And into the fray comes a weapon I never thought would have been legal, let alone humane—something called Knee Defender.
It is framed, rightly so, as a painful act done in the service of being as humane and respectful as possible.
But the rebels, presumably interpreting his humane suggestion as a sign of weakness, continued to fire on the Spanish troops.
There were semi-savage native chiefs, and there were others, like Aguinaldo himself, with humane instincts.
But this is not a humane and civilised nation, and never will be while it accepts Christianity as its religion.
It was a good and humane action to prevent bloodshed, but the world is not always worthy of good actions.
But would it not be more humane and more charitable to foresee the misery and to prevent the poor from increasing?
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