humaneness

Variant of humane

adjective

  1. having what are considered the best qualities of human beings; kind, tender, merciful, sympathetic, etc.
  2. civilizing; humanizing: humane learning

Origin: earlier var. of human, now usually assoc. directly with L humanus

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