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humane +‎ -ness

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humaneness (usually uncountable, plural humanenesses)

  1. The property of being humane.
    • 1991, A Southern African Guide to World Religions[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 109:
      So, K’ung-tzu says: 'To master oneself and return to propriety is humanity' (Bk 12.1).
      We see, in this view, that humaneness was a quality which K’ung-tzu believed to be embodied in li, tradition and custom.

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