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Definitions for Humane

[1] characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
[2] acting in a manner that causes the least harm to people or animals: humane trapping of stray pets.
[3] of or relating to humanistic studies.
[4] characterized by kindness, mercy, sympathy, etc
[5] inflicting as little pain as possible a humane killing
[6] civilizing or liberal (esp in the phrases humane studies, humane education )

Words related to Humane

sympathetic, cordial, generous, benevolent, open-minded, humanitarian, unselfish, tolerant, approachable, gentle, merciful, forgiving, democratic, considerate, friendly, gracious, accommodating, altruistic, amiable, benign

Words nearby Humane

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Origin of Humane

orig. stress variant of human, restricted to above senses from 18th century; cf. germane, german

Words that may be confused with Humane

human, humane, (see, synonym, study, at, human)

Other words from Humane

hu·mane·ly , adverb
hu·mane·ness , noun
un·hu·mane , adjective
un·hu·mane·ly , adverb
un·hu·mane·ness , noun

Word origin for Humane

C16: variant of human

Synonyms for Humane

approachable, benevolent, considerate, cordial, democratic, forgiving, friendly, generous, gentle, gracious, humanitarian, merciful, open-minded, sympathetic, tolerant, unselfish, accommodating, altruistic, amiable, benign, benignant, broad-minded, charitable, clement, forbearing, genial, good, good-natured, helpful, human, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, liberal, magnanimous, mild, natural, obliging, philanthropic, pitying, righteous, tender, tenderhearted, understanding, warmhearted