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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Humane \Hu*mane"\, adjective [L. humanus: cf. F. humain. See {Human}.]
1. Pertaining to man; human. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
2. 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.
3. Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.
Syn: Kind; sympathizing; benevolent; mild; compassionate; gentle; tender; merciful. -- {Hu*mane"ly}, adverb -- {Hu*mane"ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
humane
adjective
1: pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education" [syn: {humanist}, {humanistic}]
2: marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering [ant: {inhumane}]
3: showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "humane": Christian, Christlike, Christly, accepting, affectionate, altruistic, benevolent, benign, benignant, bleeding, brotherly, charitable, chickenhearted, clement, commiserative, compassionate, condolent, decent, easy, easygoing, eleemosynary, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, fraternal, gentle, good, gracious, human, humanitarian, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, lax, lenient, loving, melting, merciful, mild, moderate, nice, patient, philanthropic, pitying, ruthful, soft, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant, understanding, warm, warmhearted
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