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Refinement is the process of making something better by making small changes, or good taste and cultural elegance.

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An example of refinement is removing the impurities from oil so that the oil can be processed and used to provide power.
An example of refinement is taking a product you designed and making many small changes so it becomes cheaper to produce and more user friendly.
An example of refinement is knowing how to behave in fine restaurants and enjoying the ballet or opera.

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See refinement in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

See refinement in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act of refining.
The result of refining; an improvement or elaboration.
The state or quality of being refined; cultivation, as in manners or taste.
A keen or precise phrasing; a subtle distinction.

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