humane

humane
    adj 1: pertaining to or concerned with the humanities;
           "humanistic studies"; "a humane education" [syn:
           {humanist}, {humanistic}, {humane}]
    2: marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of
       suffering [ant: {inhumane}]
    3: showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement
    

Humane \Hu*mane"\, a. [L. humanus: cf. F. humain. See {Human}.]
   1. Pertaining to man; human. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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   2. Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man;
      having a disposition to treat other human beings or
      animals with kindness; kind; benevolent.
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            Of an exceeding courteous and humane inclination.
                                                  --Sportswood.
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   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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56 Moby Thesaurus words for "humane":
      Christian, Christlike, Christly, accepting, affectionate,
      altruistic, benevolent, benign, benignant, bleeding, brotherly,
      charitable, chickenhearted, 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