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refinement definition

re·fine·ment (ri fīn′mənt)

noun

    1. a refining or being refined
    2. the result of this
  2. delicacy or elegance of language, speech, manners, etc.; polish; cultivation
  3. a development; improvement; elaboration
  4. a fine distinction; subtlety

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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