refinement

refinement
n
1. fineness, elegance, gentleness, polish, grace, delicacy, beauty; culture, cultivation, civilization; urbanity, urbaneness, suavity, suaveness, sophistication; tastefulness, discrimination; fastidiousness, nicety, finesse; chivalry, gentility, good breeding, breeding; propriety, civility, tact, politeness, good manners, courtesy.
2. purification, subtilization, clarification, distillation; cleaning, cleansing, Chem. edulcoration, elutria-tion; abstersion; Chem. sublimation, filtration; lustration, expurgation.
3. improvement, betterment, reform, revision, rectification, amendment, amelioration, melioration; advancement, enhancement, enrichment; progress, development, advance; lift, elevation, rise; perfection, progression.
4. distinction, subtlety, fine point, nuance, nicety, delicacy, punctilio; discrimination, exactness, preciseness, differentiation; fastidiousness, meticulousness, punctiliousness, hairsplitting, casuistry, pettifoggery, quibbling; finicality, finicalness, hypercriticism.

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