[ri-fahyn-muh
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| 1. | fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc. |
| 2. | an instance of refined feeling, manners, etc. |
| 3. | the act or process of refining. |
| 4. | the quality or state of being refined. |
| 5. | a subtle point or distinction. |
| 6. | subtle reasoning. |
| 7. | an improved, higher, or extreme form of something: a refinement of the old system. |
| 8. | Mathematics. a set whose elements include the elements of a given set. |
| re·fine·ment (rĭ-fīn'mənt) n.
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