humanehu‧mane /hjuːˈmeɪn/ adjective 
the campaign for the humane treatment of criminals a better, more humane world—humanely adverb
WORD ORIGINhumane
Origin:
1400-1500 humanEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Animals are now raised in more humane conditions.
- French revolutionaries considered death by guillotine to be a more humane method of execution.
- Imprisonment is not a humane form of punishment.
- First thing first: a humane agreement between two peoples who must live side by side.
- He represents the { new morality } founded on the natural goodness of man; he is tolerant and humane.
- No one would deny that music can embody great humane and religious themes.
- There the master is a humane aristocrat possessed of a fine library, progressive opinions and a patrician kindness.
- There was a humane royal government, Tudor or Stuart, to slow the thing down.
- This has both humane and practical interest.
- Time passed and more humane, non-invasive methods of measuring blood pressure were devised.
- What is now plain is that the best work has a deep capacity for humane, even spiritual insight.
Longman Language Activatornot cruel
treating people or animals in way that is not cruel and causes them as little pain or suffering as possible: · Imprisonment is not a humane form of punishment.· French revolutionaries considered death by guillotine to be a more humane method of execution.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a better, more humane worldCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
a better, more humane world· Whitehall's obsessive secrecy may have a more humane base than generally allowed, though that seems rather unlikely.· White women say in the polls that they want more humane politics.· Often an arrangement is accepted as being faster, more cost-effective and more humane.· And the Communists were no more humane toward their prisoners than their oppressors had been toward them.· Time passed and more humane, non-invasive methods of measuring blood pressure were devised.· He had a more humane kinda approach.· Though springing from Genesis, this is at once more ambiguous, more heroic, and more humane.· The design trend called New Urbanism or Neo-Traditional development argues for a more humane, pedestrian-friendly approach.
NOUN· It was also the result of mounting pressure from the late 1870s for more humane treatment of the aged.
WORD FAMILYnounhumanhumanismhumanity ≠ inhumanityhumanitarianhumanitarianismhumankindhumanoidadjectivehuman ≠ inhumansuperhumansubhumanhumane ≠ inhumanehumanitarianhumanoidadverbhumanly ≠ inhumanlyhumanely ≠ inhumanelyverbhumanize
treating people or animals in a way that is not cruel and causes them as little suffering as possible OPP inhumane: the campaign for the humane treatment of criminals a better, more humane world—humanely adverb