"humane" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /hjuːˈmeɪn/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-humane.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-humane.wav Forms: humaner [comparative], more humane [comparative], humanest [superlative], most humane [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪn 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|humain}} Middle English humain, {{der|en|fro|humain}} Old French humain, {{der|en|la|hūmānus}} Latin hūmānus, {{der|en|la|homō|t=man}} Latin homō (“man”), {{cog|ang|guma|t=man}} Old English guma (“man”), {{cog|en|bridegroom}} English bridegroom Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} humane (comparative humaner or more humane, superlative humanest or most humane)
  1. Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate. Translations (with regard for the health and well-being of another): i njeridashës (Albanian), إِنْسَانِيّ (ʔinsāniyy) (Arabic), մարդկային (mardkayin) (Armenian), insani (Azerbaijani), insanpərvər (Azerbaijani), чалаве́чны (čalavjéčny) (Belarusian), гума́нны (humánny) (Belarusian), хума́нен (humánen) (Bulgarian), чове́чен (čovéčen) (Bulgarian), humà (Catalan), 有人情 (yǒurénqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 人道的 (réndào de) (Chinese Mandarin), lidský (Czech), humánní (Czech), human (Danish), menneskelig (Danish), humaan (Dutch), menselijk (Dutch), humana (Esperanto), homama (Esperanto), inimlik (Estonian), inhimillinen (Finnish), humain (French), ჰუმანური (humanuri) (Georgian), human (German), menschlich (German), אֱנוֹשִׁי (enoshí) (Hebrew), मानवोचित (mānvocit) (Hindi), humánus (Hungarian), emberséges (Hungarian), mannúðlegur (Icelandic), Críostúil (Irish), daonna (Irish), daonnachtúil (Irish), umano (Italian), 人道的 (jindōteki) (alt: じんどうてき) (Japanese), аврңһу (avrñğu) (Kalmyk), адамгершілікті (adamgerşılıktı) (Kazakh), 인도적 (indojeok) (alt: 人道的) (Korean), адамгерчиликтүү (adamgerciliktüü) (Kyrgyz), кишиликтүү (kişiliktüü) (Kyrgyz), адамчыл (adamcıl) (Kyrgyz), cilvēcīgs (Latvian), humāns (Latvian), žmogiškas (Lithuanian), humaniškas (Lithuanian), човечки (čovečki) (Macedonian), човечен (čovečen) (Macedonian), хуман (human) (Macedonian), însanî (Northern Kurdish), human (Norwegian Bokmål), menneskelig (Norwegian Bokmål), mennisċlīċ (Old English), انساني (ensāni) (Pashto), انسانی (ensâni) (Persian), ludzki (Polish), humanitarny (Polish), humano (Portuguese), omenos (Romanian), uman (Romanian), челове́чный (čelovéčnyj) (Russian), гума́нный (gumánnyj) (Russian), челове́ческий (čelovéčeskij) (Russian), truacanta (Scottish Gaelic), љу̀дскӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ху̏ма̄н [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), чо̏вечан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), чо̏вјечан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ljùdskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), hȕmān [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), čȍvečan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), čȍvječan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ľudský (Slovak), humánny (Slovak), človečen (Slovene), človeški (Slovene), human (Slovene), humano (Spanish), human (Swedish), mänsklig (Swedish), makatao (Tagalog), инсонӣ (insoni) (Tajik), insancıl (Turkish), adamkärçilikli (Turkmen), гума́нний (humánnyj) (Ukrainian), лю́дяний (ljúdjanyj) (Ukrainian), лю́дський (ljúdsʹkyj) (Ukrainian), insonparvar (Uzbek), insoniy (Uzbek), מענטשלעך (mentshlekh) (Yiddish)
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  2. Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric. Translations (pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities): гуманіта́рны (humanitárny) (Belarusian), хуманита́рен (humanitáren) (Bulgarian), humain (French), humanitarny (Polish), гуманита́рный (gumanitárnyj) (Russian), гуманіта́рний (humanitárnyj) (Ukrainian)
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  3. Obsolete spelling of human. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: human
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mankindly Derived forms: humanely, humane society Related terms: human, humanist, humanitarian, humanity

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "inhuman"
    },
    {
      "word": "inhumane"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonhumane"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "humanely"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "humane society"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "humain"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French humain",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "hūmānus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin hūmānus",
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        "3": "homō",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin homō (“man”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "guma",
        "t": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English guma (“man”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bridegroom"
      },
      "expansion": "English bridegroom",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "humaner",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more humane",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humanest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most humane",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "more"
      },
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    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "humanitarian"
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        {
          "text": "It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The unfortunate thing about Bando, said Arthur, is that it is no longer to be obtained in this unfortunate country. I understand that inferior products, such as Ostreine and Spanish Flies, may still be wheedled out of some of the humaner chemists, up and down the city, in the ten minutes or a quarter of an hour immediately following their midday meal.",
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        "Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "concern",
          "concern"
        ],
        [
          "pain",
          "pain"
        ],
        [
          "suffering",
          "suffering"
        ],
        [
          "compassionate",
          "compassionate"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "i njeridashës"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔinsāniyy",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "إِنْسَانِيّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "mardkayin",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "մարդկային"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "insani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "insanpərvər"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "čalavjéčny",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "чалаве́чны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "humánny",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "гума́нны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "humánen",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "хума́нен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "čovéčen",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "чове́чен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "humà"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒurénqíng",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "有人情"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "réndào de",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "人道的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "lidský"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "humánní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "human"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "menneskelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "humaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "menselijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "humana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "homama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "inimlik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "inhimillinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "humain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "humanuri",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "ჰუმანური"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "human"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "menschlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "enoshí",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "אֱנוֹשִׁי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mānvocit",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "मानवोचित"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "humánus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "emberséges"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "mannúðlegur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "Críostúil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "daonna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "daonnachtúil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "umano"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "alt": "じんどうてき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jindōteki",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "人道的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "avrñğu",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "аврңһу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "adamgerşılıktı",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "адамгершілікті"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "alt": "人道的",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "indojeok",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "인도적"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "însanî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "adamgerciliktüü",
          "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
          "word": "адамгерчиликтүү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 9 11",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "humano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "omenos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "uman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čelovéčnyj",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "челове́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gumánnyj",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "гума́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čelovéčeskij",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "челове́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "truacanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "љу̀дскӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ху̏ма̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "чо̏вечан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "чо̏вјечан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ljùdskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "hȕmān"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "čȍvečan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "čȍvječan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "ľudský"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "humánny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "človečen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "človeški"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "human"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "humano"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "human"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "mänsklig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "makatao"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "insoni",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "инсонӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "insancıl"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "adamkärçilikli"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "humánnyj",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "гума́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljúdjanyj",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "лю́дяний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljúdsʹkyj",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "лю́дський"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "insonparvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "insoniy"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mentshlekh",
      "sense": "with regard for the health and well-being of another",
      "word": "מענטשלעך"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "humanitárny",
      "sense": "pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities",
      "word": "гуманіта́рны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "humanitáren",
      "sense": "pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities",
      "word": "хуманита́рен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities",
      "word": "humain"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities",
      "word": "humanitarny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gumanitárnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities",
      "word": "гуманита́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "humanitárnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities",
      "word": "гуманіта́рний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "humane"
}

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