humaneness

[Eng. humane; -ne .] The quality or state of being humane; humanity. 2224 3. The quality or state of being humane; a kind, tender, and compa ionate nature; a disposition to treat other human beings and the lower animals with kindne and tenderne , and to relieve distre ; compa ion, tenderne , kindne , benevolence. "It is a rule of equity and humanity , built upon plain reason."- Barrow : Works , vol. i., ser. 20. 4. Liberal education; mental cultivation; instruction in humane or polite literature. 5. Pl ., and generally with the article prefixed : Humane or polite literature; such branches of learning as are calculated and intended to refine and elevate the mind, such as philology, rhetoric, poetry, the study of the ancient cla ics, . "Philology, or polite literature, or the humanities, as they are called." -Jortin: Remarks on Eccles. Hist. (an. 1292 ). 6. Latin and Latin literature; as, a Profe or of 7. A human being. Humanity . "I have seen; But look off to those small humanities Which draw me tenderly acro my fear." E. B. Browning: Drama of Exile. Religion of humanity : [COMTE, COMTISM, PostTIVISM, SECULARISM.] For the difference between humanity and benevolence, see BENEVOLENCE. hū-man-i-zā-tion, hū-man-i-sa-tion, subst. [Eng. humaniz(e); -ation.] The act or proce of humanizing. "Civilization is the humanization of man in society." Matthew Arnold : Mixed E ays , p. 63.