If a person or society has ~ ideas or behaviour, they try to avoid making people suffer or they help people who are suffering.
Air bombardment raised criticism on the ~ grounds that innocent civilians might suffer.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
If a person or society has ~ ideas or behaviour, they try to avoid making people suffer or they help people who are suffering.
Air bombardment raised criticism on the ~ grounds that innocent civilians might suffer.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012