Synonyms:
polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish
Meaning: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
Synonyms:
refinement, elaboration
Meaning: the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique"
Usage examples
There must be some refinement among them."
It's in her--the gentleness and the refinement.
Some exquisite refinement in the architecture of the brain
What atrocities do we not perpetrate in the name of culture and refinement!
In 1785 he married a daughter of Peter Kortright, a lady of refinement and culture.
But he dreams of better things; he thinks of intelligence, of refinement, of grace and beauty.
The last moments of the great tea-masters were as full of exquisite refinement as had been their lives.
The increase and refinement of this ability to communicate is an index of the degree of civilization of a people.
Her features were delicate and regular, the mouth not too small, curved and sensitive; her refinement was almost excessive.
"All very disturbing to the man of culture and refinement," said Smith, as the door closed behind the last of the malcontents.