About The Word Humane
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Humane
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What's The Definition Of Humane?
[adj] showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement
[adj] marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering [adj] pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education" Synonyms | Synonyms for Humane: civilised | civilized | compassionate | human-centered | humanist | humanist | humanistic | humanistic | humanitarian | kind | painless Related Terms | Find terms related to Humane: accepting | affectionate | altruistic | benevolent | benign | benignant | bleeding | brotherly | charitable | chickenhearted | Christian | Christlike | Christly | clement | commiserative | compassionate | condolent | decent | easy | easygoing | eleemosynary | forbearant | forbearing | forgiving | fraternal | gentle | good | gracious | human | humanitarian | kind | kindhearted | kindly | kindly-disposed | lax | lenient | loving | melting | merciful | mild | moderate | nice | patient | philanthropic | pitying | ruthful | soft | softhearted | sympathetic | sympathizing | tender | tenderhearted | tolerant | understanding | warm | warmhearted Humane In Webster's Dictionary \Hu*mane"\, a. [L. humanus: cf. F. humain. See {Human}.]
1. Pertaining to man; human. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
2. Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man;
having a disposition to treat other human beings or
animals with kindness; kind; benevolent.
Of an exceeding courteous and humane inclination.
--Sportswood.
3. Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.
Syn: Kind; sympathizing; benevolent; mild; compassionate;
gentle; tender; merciful. -- {Hu*mane"ly}, adv. --
{Hu*mane"ness}, n.
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