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strain, sift, filter, Chem. rectify, elutriate; purge, Med. absterge, expurgate, winnow.
2. cultivate, polish, humanize, civilize, subtilize, spiritualize; elevate, uplift, advance, ennoble, sublime, sublimate, sensitize; soften, temper, improve, meliorate, ameliorate.
3. elaborate, perfect, complete, consummate; improve, hone, chisel, sharpen; adjust, regulate, square.
4. ripen, mature, develop; soften, mellow.
5. discriminate, split hairs, cavil, mince, subtilize, quibble, pettifog; prevaricate, equivocate, wiredraw, beg the question, reason in a circle, beat about the bush.
refined, adj. 1. cultivated, polished, cultured, civilized, well-bred, genteel, courtly; finished, fine, urbane; gentlemanly, ladylike, mannerly, polite, courteous; aesthetic, tasteful, in good taste, graceful, delicate, exquisite; noble, gentle, pure; classic, aristocratic, high-class; elevated, ennobled, sublimated, high-minded.
2. pure, purified, rarefied, clarified, distilled, subtilized; purged, cleansed, clean, cleaned, Chem. sublimed, Chem. sublimated.
3. subtle, exact, precise; meticulous, punctilious, discriminating, fastidious; overscrupulous, overconscien-tious, overcritical; formal, proper, dainty, strict, over-nice; squeamish, fussy, finicking, finicky, finical; hairsplitting, casuistic, pettifogging, quibbling.
refinement, n. 1. fineness, elegance, gentleness, polish, grace, delicacy, beauty; culture, cultivation, civilization; urbanity, urbaneness, suavity, suaveness, sophistication; tastefulness, discrimination; fastidiousness, nicety, finesse; chivalry, gentility, good breeding, breeding; propriety, civility, tact, politeness, good manners, courtesy.
2. purification, subtilization, clarification, distillation; cleaning, cleansing, Chem. edulcoration, elutria-tion; abstersion; Chem. sublimation, filtration; lustration, expurgation.
3. improvement, betterment, reform, revision, rectification, amendment, amelioration, melioration; advancement, enhancement, enrichment; progress, development, advance; lift, elevation, rise; perfection, progression.
4. distinction, subtlety, fine point, nuance, nicety, delicacy, punctilio; discrimination, exactness, preciseness, differentiation; fastidiousness, meticulousness, punctiliousness, hairsplitting, casuistry, pettifoggery, quibbling; finicality, finicalness, hypercriticism.
reflect, v. 1. mirror, return, give back, cast back, throw back, send back, rebound; echo, reecho, repeat; copy, imitate, ditto, reproduce; resonate, resound, re-percuss, reverberate, reply; flashback, flash.
2. manifest, exhibit, show, evince, display, present, demonstrate, exemplify, illustrate; express, make known, set forth, advertise, publicize, announce, broadcast; parade, show off; expose, air, reveal, lay open, lay bare, bring to light, disclose, unveil, uncover; betray, give away, divulge; indicate, imply, suggest, connote, denote, give evidence of, betoken.
3. meditate, contemplate, muse, ponder, brood, mull over, dwell on, be in a brown study; cogitate, ruminate, chew over, chew one's cud; think about or over, be lost in thought, put on one's thinking cap; have one's mind on, wonder about, consider, speculate; review, turn over, weigh, evaluate, study, examine.
4. discredit, throw a bad light on, destroy confidence in, undermine belief in, impair the reputation of; credit, do credit to, strengthen confidence or belief in.
reflection, n. 1. mirror, twin, image, Sl. spitting image, counterpart, duplicate, clone; imitation, reproduction, copy, replica, replication; representation, semblance, likeness, picture; shadow, outline; echo, reverberation, repercussion; recoil, reaction, reflex, backlash, return, ricochet, backlash.
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