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Humanity
HUMAN'ITY, n. [L. humanitas.]
1. The peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings. Thus Christ, by his incarnation, was invested
with humanity.
2. Mankind collectively; the human race.
If he is able to untie those knots,he is able to teach all humanity.
It is a debt we owe to humanity.
3. The kind feelings, dispositions and sympathies of man,by which he is distinguished from the lower orders of animals; kindness; benevolence; especially, a disposition to relieve persons in distress, and to treat with tenderness those who are helpless and defenseless; opposed to cruelty.
4. A disposition to treat the lower orders of animals with tenderness, or at least to give them no unnecessary pain.
5. The exercise of kindness; acts of tenderness.
6. Philology; grammatical studies.
Humanities, in the plural, signifies grammar, rhetoric and poetry; for teaching which there are professors in the universities of Scotland.
humanity appears in definitions for these words:
Action Apollinarians Ban Barbarian Beastliness Bestial Bestially Call Command Faculty Goodness Hostility Humanate Humanity Imban Indifference Revenge Together Verdict
Action Apollinarians Ban Barbarian Beastliness Bestial Bestially Call Command Faculty Goodness Hostility Humanate Humanity Imban Indifference Revenge Together Verdict
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