1. (n.) The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

2. (n.) Mankind collectively; the human race.

3. (n.) The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness.

4. (n.) Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

5. (n.) The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.

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