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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
humane /hjʊˈmeɪn/
▶adjective
- 1 compassionate or benevolent.
■ inflicting the minimum of pain.
- 2 formal (of a branch of learning) intended to have a civilizing effect.
– derivatives
humanely adverb,
humaneness noun.
humanely adverb,
humaneness noun.
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