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Meaning of HUMANE

Pronunciation:  hyoo'meyn

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement
  2. [adj]  marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering
  3. [adj]  pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education"
 
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 Synonyms: civilised, civilized, compassionate, human-centered, humanist, humanist, humanistic, humanistic, humanitarian, kind, painless
 
 Antonyms: inhumane
 
 See Also: human, merciful

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Marked by sympathy, compassion or concern for other humans or for animals.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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
 

 

 

 

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