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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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 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 humane [hjuːˈmeɪn] adj → umanitario/a humane [hjuːˈmeɪn] adj → umanitario/a 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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SEVENTY-FIVE Men presented themselves before the President of the Humane Society and demanded the great gold medal for life-saving. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always to observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and to be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite. He was a fairly humane man toward slaves and other animals; he was an exceedingly humane man toward the erring of his own race. |
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