Humane
Humane adjective - Having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others.
Usage example: the Geneva conventions spelled out standards for the humane treatment of prisoners of war
Kind is a synonym for humane in behaviour topic. In some cases you can use "Kind" instead an adjective "Humane", when it comes to topics like compassionate.
Kind
Kind adjective - Given to or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and happiness of others.
Usage example: providing the grieving widow with a homemade meal was a kind deed
Humane is a synonym for kind in generous topic. You can use "Humane" instead an adjective "Kind", if it concerns topics such as behaviour, considerate.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Unusually for this trope, she is 'defrosted' by kind and humane treatment by her humans, not by the efforts of the hero.
Source: Literature / Black Beauty - When caught, he fights back, saying that he was only trying to do something kind and humane (something I see far too little of around here.).
- On one end, the title character of the Brother Cadfael series is one of the most kind and humane characters imaginable and in one book/episode reacts tolerantly toward a couple who had sex in a church.
Source: Politically Correct History
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