Antonym: vulgarity. Similar words: confinement, solitary confinement, refine, refined, refinery, linemen, oil refinery, tenement. Meaning: [rɪ'faɪnmənt] 
n. 1. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality 2. the result of improving something 3. the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) 4. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude 5. the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste.
n. 1. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality 2. the result of improving something 3. the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) 4. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude 5. the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste. 
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31. Some highly general tendencies, which will necessarily be subject to subsequent refinement and caution, can serve to represent the scene.
32. The result could be no more than a refinement of the 1993 rules of engagement.
33. Each of these steps can be further broken down, a process also referred to as stepwise refinement.
34. All refinement steps were done without imposing non-crystallographic symmetry constraints.
35. He had tried to make it work, tried his damnedest, but she had absolutely no sense of taste or refinement.
36. In some places they are called bridge tables, but that is only a further refinement on the original definition.
37. Of respectable working-class background with some pretentions to gentility, without formal education, she nevertheless possessed an instinctive refinement of manner.
38. The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking. Albert Einstein 
39. Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality. Friedrich Nietzsche
40. Of aristocratic family, Gallienus was highly educated, and his portrait exudes cultured refinement.
41. As a first attempt the results are no doubt crude, but they do provide a basis for further refinement.
42. Manual adjustment of the model was carried out at intervals of the refinement.
43. Aims are necessary starting points, but before the teacher can begin to provide learning experiences further refinement is necessary.
44. This was followed by positional and B- value refinement through energy minimization.
45. Having made such strides with the engine and suspension, we added further touches of refinement inside and out.
46. Karpov played a relatively recent refinement of white's play on the seventh move.
47. Participation is in essence really only a refinement on the methods used to reflexively understand and interpret in everyday life.
48. A further refinement is the fantasy sequence within an otherwise realistic context.
49. The trend gained ground in the United States(sentencedict.com), where early symphony audiences ached to exude social refinement.
50. Now, the report is in its final refinement stage.
51. Was it the last refinement of high culture?
52. To this pleasure camping gives an exquisite refinement.
53. Progressives slowly evolved a refinement of the commission form.
54. Separation and refinement of traditional Chinese herbal medicine components.
55. Gasoline is produced by the refinement of petroleum.
56. The refinement of saturated brine was reviewed in detail.
57. Religion like everything else had undergone great refinement. Sentencedict.com
58. Sally is a woman of great refinement and beauty.
59. Professional managers are management class which is gradually developed by the specialization and refinement of a social division of labor.
60. Network development planning in advance, so refinement of the network planning strategy in the context of today's times has become particularly important.
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