Refinement /(r?*f?n"ment)/

Re·fine·ment

Refinement

n.
  1. The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.
    The more bodies are of kin to spirit in subtilty and refinement, the more diffusive are they.
    — Norris.
    From the civil war to this time, I doubt whether the corruptions in our language have not equaled its refinements.
  2. That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic.