humane
hu|mane /hj'uːm'eɪn/
1 [ADJ]
Humane people act in a kind, sympathetic way towards other people and animals, and try to do them as little harm as possible.
In the mid-nineteenth century, Dorothea Dix began to campaign for humane treatment of the mentally ill.
● humanely [ADV] ADV with v
Our horse had to be humanely destroyed after breaking his right foreleg.
2 [ADJ]
Humane values and societies encourage people to act in a kind and sympathetic way towards others, even towards people they do not agree with or like.
...the humane values of socialism...
1 [ADJ]
Humane people act in a kind, sympathetic way towards other people and animals, and try to do them as little harm as possible.
In the mid-nineteenth century, Dorothea Dix began to campaign for humane treatment of the mentally ill.
● humanely [ADV] ADV with v
Our horse had to be humanely destroyed after breaking his right foreleg.
2 [ADJ]
Humane values and societies encourage people to act in a kind and sympathetic way towards others, even towards people they do not agree with or like.
...the humane values of socialism...