1
: marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals
humane prison guards
a more humane way of treating farm animals
2
: characterized by or tending to broad humanistic culture : humanistic
humane studies
humanely
adverb
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Examples of humane in a Sentence
It's not humane to treat animals that way.
Conditions in the prison are more humane now.
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Ken Noel — who received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sociology from San Jose State in the 1960s and a doctorate from UC Berkeley in political science in 1980 — will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the College of Social Sciences.
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Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
Nala was then taken to the humane society’s Lazin Animal Foundation Trauma Hospital, the shelter said.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024
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Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
Nala was then taken to the humane society’s Lazin Animal Foundation Trauma Hospital, the shelter said.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024
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“Humane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humane. Accessed 21 May. 2024.
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