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refinement

English

  1. 🔊 the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
    “a man of intellectual refinement”
  2. 🔊 the result of improving something
    “he described a refinement of this technique”
  3. 🔊 the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
  4. 🔊 a highly developed state of perfection
    “they performed with great polish”
  5. 🔊 a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
    “without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 afinamiento refinement
  2. 🔊 refinamiento refinement

Similar words

civilization civilisation nuance nicety shade subtlety elaboration refining purification polish culture cultivation finish atticism ablation abrasion absoluteness abstraction acculturation accuracy acquired taste appreciation appreciation of differences appreciation of excellence