refinement English

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What does refinement mean?

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refinement Noun

— Refinement is when a person takes the action of refining something, such as removing things that are not pure from materials.

— Refinement means having excellent manners and culture.

refinement

— noun the result of improving something he described a refinement of this technique

— noun (= polish, finish) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality they performed with great polish I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art — -Joseph Conrad

— noun (= civilization, civilisation) the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste a man of intellectual refinement he is remembered for his generosity and civilization

— noun (= refining) the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

— noun (= nuance, shade) a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor don't argue about shades of meaning

Synonyms refinement synonyms

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refinement English » English

elegance

purification

nicety

grace

cultivation

polish

improvement

urbanity

subtlety

delicacy

culture

nuance

good taste

fineness

tenuity

tactfulness

sophistication

shade

refining

elaboration

dignity

daintiness

comity

civilization

astringency

ticklishness

thinness

tenuousness

taste

tact

slimness

slenderness

sleaziness

sheerness

refine

rectification

purging

niceness

graciousness

gracefulness

gauziness

finish

finesse

filtration

education

distinction

complaisance

cleaning

clarification

civilisation

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And it's quite obvious, senorita. that you are a young lady of distinction and refinement.

And are you aware that he tortured them with a refinement of cruelty. which would have put Torquemada and the entire Spanish Inquisition to shame!

Our story is about music. not the music of long ago. but the music that expresses the culture. the refinement and the polite grace of the present day.

Good taste, good clothes, refinement, distinction.

As an added refinement, I think SPECTRE would probably have the chance of a personal revenge for the killing of our operative. Dr No.

For those of exponentially and maturing telepathic capacities, the question of phenomenological refinement must inevitably become one with the problem of the internalisation of the sensory.

No system will ever enable the masses to acquire refinement.

Such remarkable refinement!

No doubt you applied technology from other industries to the refinement of this product.

See the refinement in the funnel edges?

But this kind of refinement should be shared and you deserve the credit for it.

If lack of attention to finance is refinement, then the Marches are the most elegant family in Concord.

Maybe I can not forgive the lack of refinement.

Intellectual refinement's one thing, Moral refinement's something different.

What refinement.

The refinement is important, but a load.

As an added refinement, I think SPECTRE would have the chance of a personal revenge for the killing of our operative.

Not that she can't converse on all subjects, but she may not have quite the refinement that a man like you obviously requires, Mr. Gilliam.

What incomparable refinement.

But your friend knew that the libertine's refinement, is to be at once the executioner and the victim!

Ignore your partner, I can see you are a man of refinement and taste.

It's nice to see somebody that has a little refinement around here, Nellie.

What refinement?

An old trick, but one I see they've brought to new refinement. You dismiss the law while claiming to serve it.

Or is there some refinement to your personality. that I'm missing?

That our clients prefer more refinement? I can't permit this.

What for? - For being so indelicate in the presence of a lady of refinement!

Helen will know you're a man of refinement, not some yokel vet with carbolic in his veins.

An old trick, but one I see they've brought to new refinement.

He has no sensual refinement.

The old mag's losing money as fast as any tasteful magazine for the lady of refinement.

Well, the Sages say you can tell a great deal about a man from his shoes, and I can tell from your shoes that you're men of refinement. affluence.

Culture, Finesse and Refinement resting on the bottom of a Danish crapper.

To please your future in-laws, you must demonstrate a sense of dignity and refinement. You must also be poised.

By toil and labour, I've reached a fair height of refinement.

Beautiful southern home, filled with every luxury and refinement.

It's a refinement of Shinra technology.