Definition of HUMANE

humane

Adjective

  • Showing compassion or benevolence.
  • pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
    • "a humane education"
  • marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering

Adjective Satellite

  • showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement

Adj

  • Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
  • Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
  • Obsolete spelling of human.

Examples

  • A truly HUMANE player might refrain from blocking all your bonus squares.
  • As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.
  • It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English humain, humayne, from Old French humain, umain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō (“man”). Cognate with Old English guma (“man”), whence the groom in English bridegroom.

Scrabble Score: 11

humane: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
humane: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
humane: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

humane: valid Words With Friends Word