Humanity /(?)/

pl. Humanities

1. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.
2. Mankind collectively; the human race.

   But hearing oftentimes The still, and music humanity.

   It is a debt we owe to humanity.

3. 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. Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

   Polished with humanity and the study of witty science.

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