humane treatment of prisoners

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• humane — hu|mane [ hju meın ] adjective caring about the quality of people s or animal s lives and trying to be kind to them: They write letters demanding humane treatment of prisoners. ─ opposite CRUEL, INHUMANE ╾ hu|mane|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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