humane

hu·mane  (hy-mn)

adj.

1. Characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion: a humane judge.

2. Marked by an emphasis on humanistic values and concerns: a humane education.

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[Middle English humain, human; see human.]

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hu·manely adv.

hu·maneness n.

Synonyms: humane, compassionate, humanitarian, merciful
These adjectives mean marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering: a humane physician; compassionate toward impoverished people; released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons; is merciful to the repentant.

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humane [hjuːˈmeɪn]

adj

1. characterized by kindness, mercy, sympathy, etc.

2. inflicting as little pain as possible a humane killing

3. civilizing or liberal (esp in the phrases humane studies, humane education)

[variant of human]

humanely  adv

humaneness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	humane - pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education" humanist, humanistic
	2.	humane - marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering civilised, civilized - having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" compassionate - showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women" human - having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty" merciful - showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god" inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
	3.	humane - showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement civilised, civilized - having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"

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humane

adjective kind, compassionate, good, kindly, understanding, gentle, forgiving, tender, mild, sympathetic, charitable, benign, clement, benevolent, lenient, merciful, good-natured, forbearing, kind-hearted Their aim is for a more just and humane society.
cruel, brutal, ruthless, unkind, inhuman, unsympathetic, inhumane, barbarous, uncivilized, unmerciful

Translations

humane [hjuːˈmeɪn]

A. ADJ → humano, humanitario

B. CPD humane studies NPL → ciencias fpl humanas, humanidades fpl

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humane [ˌhjuːˈmeɪn] adj → humain(e)

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humane

adj

(= considerate) person, society, decision, treatment, prison → human; treatment of people → menschenwürdig, human; rearing of animals → unter humanen Bedingungen; a humane method of killing animals → eine möglichst schmerzlose Methode, Tiere zu töten

(form: = civilizing) education → humanistisch

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humane [hjuːˈmeɪn] adj → umanitario/a

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humane [hjuːˈmeɪn] adj → umanitario/a

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humane

adj humane [hjuˈmein]

kind; not cruel a humane man; a humane way to kill rats and mice. mensliewend رؤوف، حنون، عَطوف човечен lidský human menschlich ανθρωπιστικός humano humaanne مهربان humaani humain אֶנוֹשִׁי दयालु human, meka srca, covjecan emberséges manusiawi mannúðlegur, miskunnsamur umano 思いやりのある 자상한 humaniškas humāns; cilvēcīgs berperikemanusiaan humaan, menselijk human, menneske(kjær)lig humanitarny humano omeneşte гуманный ľudský, láskavý human human human มีมนุษยธรรม insancıl, insanca 仁慈的，人道的 гуманний, людяний مہربان، نرم دل nhân đạo 仁慈的

adv huˈmanely

mensliewend بإنسانيَّه، بِعَطْف човечно lidsky humant menschlich με ανθρωπισμό humanamente, con humanidad humaanselt از روي مروت humaanisti avec humanité בְּצוּרָה אֶנוֹשִית मानवीयता से humano, milosrdno emberségesen secara manusiawi mannúðlega, af miskunnsemi con umanità 慈悲深く 자상하게 humaniškai humāni; cilvēcīgi dengan perikemanusiaan humaan, menselijk humant, menneske(kjær)lig humanitarnie humanamente cu omenie, omeneşte гуманно ľudsky humano humano humant อย่างมีมนุษยธรรม insanca, insancıl yöntemlerle 人道地 гуманно ہمدردی سے nhân đạo 仁慈地

n huˈmaneness

menslikheid رَأفَه، عَطْف، حَنان човечност lidskost humanitet die Menschlichkeit ανθρωπισμός humanidad humaansus مروت humaanisuus humanité אֶנוֹשִיוּת दयालुता humanost, ljudskost ember(ies)ség kemanusiaan mánnúð, miskunnsemi umanità 慈悲深さ 자상함 humaniškumas humānums; cilvēcīgums sifat berperikemanusiaan humaniteit, menselijkheid humanitet, menneskekjærlighet humanitarność humanidade omenie гуманность ľudskosť humanost humanizam humanitet ความมีมนุษยธรรม insanlık 人道 гуманність نرمدلی nhân tính 仁慈