Crossword clues for humaneness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Humane \Hu*mane"\, a. [L. humanus: cf. F. humain. See Human.]
Pertaining to man; human. [Obs.]
--Jer. Taylor.-
Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent.
Of an exceeding courteous and humane inclination.
--Sportswood. -
Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.
Syn: Kind; sympathizing; benevolent; mild; compassionate; gentle; tender; merciful. -- Hu*mane"ly, adv. -- Hu*mane"ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The property of being humane.
WordNet
n. the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) [ant: inhumaneness]
Usage examples of "humaneness".
If the problem of vivisection is ever settled, it will be due, not to the influence of those who advocate unquestioning faith in the humaneness of the average experimenter, who decline inquiry, and who rest satisfied with their ignorance, but rather to those who, having investigated the question for themselves, have given all their influence for some measure of reform.
To the London Lancet the cause of humaneness to animals is also indebted, for its repeated condemnation of the cruelties of vivisection.
Pempton was an apparent dissentient, as the man must be who is half a century ahead of his fellows in humaneness, and saddened by the display of slaughtered herds and their devourers.
It is a monstrous combination of uncompromising idealism and unscrupulous gangsterism, and thus devoid of the humor and humaneness which enables confessed rascals to sit down together and work out reasonable deals.