showing kindness toward people and animals by making sure that they do not suffer more than is necessary a caring and humane society the humane treatment of refugees Campaigners claim that the animals are not being kept in humane conditions. the humane killing of animals opposite inhumane
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adverb to treat someone humanely meat that has been humanely produced The dog was humanely destroyed.See humane in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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