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humane

adj. showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement

humane

adj. marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering

humanist, humanistic

adj. pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education"

compassionate, concerned

adj. showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"

good, benevolent

adj. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"

kindly, sympathetic

adj. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"

tender, sore, hurting, sensitive

adj. hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"

tender

adj. given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"

gracious, beneficent, benevolent

adj. doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history"

compassionate, pitying

adj. showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child's mother was a compassionate act"

ethical

adj. of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics; "ethical codes"; "ethical theories"

civil

adj. of or in a condition of social order; "civil peoples"

civilized

adj. having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"

merciful

adj. showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"

inhumane

adj. lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"

brute, beastly, bestial, brutish, cannibalic

adj. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"

brutal, cruel

adj. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war"

fell, savage, vicious, barbarous, roughshod, brutal, cruel

adj. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

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