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Refinement

The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

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Broader term 9

Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Betterment 76% connected

A making better; amendment; improvement.

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Excellence 76% connected

The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.

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Import 76% connected

To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Improvement 76% connected

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

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Meaning 76% connected

of Mean

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Perfection 76% connected

The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral exce…

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Significance 76% connected

Alt. of Significancy

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Signification 76% connected

The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.

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Narrower term 1

Rectification 76% connected

The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

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Derivationally related 6

Educate 74% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Educate 74% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Rectify 74% connected

To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rectify 74% connected

To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Refine 74% connected

To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to…

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Refine 74% connected

To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to…

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Synonym 12

Civilization 92% connected

The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cultivation 92% connected

The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Culture 92% connected

The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Elaboration 92% connected

The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Finish 92% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nicety 92% connected

The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nuance 92% connected

A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Polish 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Purification 92% connected

The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to i…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Refining 92% connected

of Refine

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Shade 92% connected

Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Subtlety 92% connected

The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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