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humanitarian
humanitarian /hjuːˌmænəˈteəriən, hjuːˌmænɪˈteəriən $ -ˈter-/ adjective [only before noun]concerned with improving bad living conditions and preventing unfair treatment of people
    humanitarian aid/assistance/relief
    Humanitarian aid is being sent to the refugees.
    humanitarian grounds/reasons/purposes
    He was released from prison on humanitarian grounds.
—humanitarian noun [countable]
—humanitarianism noun [uncountable]