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Meanings of refinement in English

Portuguese
refinação
Catalan
refinació
Wikidata

The process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

        refinação
        Wikidata

        The quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste.

              Portuguese
              refinamento
              Catalan
              poliment

              A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality.

                    refinamento
                    Portuguese
                    matiz
                    Catalan
                    matís
                    Spanish
                    matiz

                    A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.

                          matiz
                          Usage of refinement in English
                          1
                          He was poor; but there was a refinement in his personal appearance.
                          Children of the Market Place
                          2
                          A refinement of phraseology had set in; and it served its purpose.
                          Great Fortunes from Railroads
                          3
                          It's Roman in feeling and Greek in the refinement of its ornamentation.
                          The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts an...
                          4
                          Furthermore, refinement of digital meshes does not necessarily reduce local maximum errors.
                          Pubmed
                          5
                          Their proceedings all bore the hall-mark of natural refinement and good taste.
                          The Purse
                          6
                          Thus I was placed in the crucible for further refinement and regeneration.
                          Biography of a Slave, Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thom...
                          7
                          In woman, refinement of character is never found in vulgarity of dress.
                          The Parisians — Volume 11
                          8
                          Self-care behaviours did not predict HbA1c suggesting existing assessment tools need refinement.
                          Pubmed
                          9
                          All her refinement, baffled in the moral ways, concentrated upon the physical.
                          Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
                          10
                          His personal appearance was of the utmost refinement and of irreproachable dignity.
                          McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896
                          11
                          The paper has more refinement than that used in such American publications.
                          Walking-Stick Papers
                          12
                          The refinement and elegance of the Republican Prince seemed to irritate them.
                          The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
                          13
                          Option two: further refinement of our reactor technology to reduce waste particles.
                          Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
                          14
                          Grace and refinement shine out in every one of his great speeches.
                          The Glory of English Prose / Letters to My Grandson
                          15
                          There was in her soul a great love of refinement and order.
                          A Little Girl in Old Boston
                          16
                          The witticisms of our host were marked by the most exquisite refinement.
                          The Physiology of Marriage, Part 2
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                          Translations for refinement
                          Spanish
                          matiz
                          Refinement through the time
                          Refinement across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Less common
                          Ireland
                          Less common