The act or process of removing physical impurities

• clarification

  1. The act of freeing from obscurities.
  2. The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

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  1. The act of freeing from obscurities.
  2. The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

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• purification

  1. A religious act in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
  2. The act or an instance of purifying, often, specif., of ritual or religious purifying
  3. The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.

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  1. A religious act in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
  2. The act or an instance of purifying, often, specif., of ritual or religious purifying
  3. The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.

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High style in quality, manner, or dress

• quality

  1. High social position:
  2. Those in a high social position:
  3. Superiority of kind:

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  1. High social position:
  2. Those in a high social position:
  3. Superiority of kind:

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• class

  1. (--- Informal) Elegance of style, taste, and manner:
  2. A division based on quality, rank, or grade, as:
  3. A quality of accommodation on public transport:

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  1. (--- Informal) Elegance of style, taste, and manner:
  2. A division based on quality, rank, or grade, as:
  3. A quality of accommodation on public transport:

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Enlightenment and excellent taste resulting from intellectual development

• civilization

  1. Modern society with its conveniences:
  2. An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.
  3. The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch:

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  1. Modern society with its conveniences:
  2. An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.
  3. The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch:

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• cultivation

  1. The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
  2. The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture
  3. Refinement; culture.

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  1. The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
  2. The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture
  3. Refinement; culture.

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• culture

  1. Special training and development:
  2. The set of predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize a group or organization:
  3. These arts, beliefs, and other products considered with respect to a particular subject or mode of expression:

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  1. Special training and development:
  2. The set of predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize a group or organization:
  3. These arts, beliefs, and other products considered with respect to a particular subject or mode of expression:

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The ability to distinguish, especially to recognize small differences or draw fine distinctions

• discrimination

  1. The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
  2. An act, policy, pattern of behavior, etc. characterized by such partiality
  3. Partiality, or bias, in the treatment of a person or group, which is unfair, illegal, etc.

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  1. The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
  2. An act, policy, pattern of behavior, etc. characterized by such partiality
  3. Partiality, or bias, in the treatment of a person or group, which is unfair, illegal, etc.

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• selectiveness

  1. The state of being selective; discernment.

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  1. The state of being selective; discernment.

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• selectivity

  1. The state or quality of being selective
  2. The quality of being selective; usually the extent to which something is selective.
  3. The ability of a radio receiver to separate a desired signal frequency from others.

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  1. The state or quality of being selective
  2. The quality of being selective; usually the extent to which something is selective.
  3. The ability of a radio receiver to separate a desired signal frequency from others.

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The act of refining

• cleaning

  1. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
  2. (Gerund of clean) A situation in which something is cleaned

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  1. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
  2. (Gerund of clean) A situation in which something is cleaned

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• cleansing

  1. The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.

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  1. The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.

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• purification

  1. The act or an instance of purifying, often, specif., of ritual or religious purifying
  2. The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
  3. A religious act in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.

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  1. The act or an instance of purifying, often, specif., of ritual or religious purifying
  2. The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
  3. A religious act in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.

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• distillation

  1. A distilling; specif., the process of first heating a mixture to separate the more volatile from the less volatile parts, and then cooling and condensing the resulting vapor so as to produce a more nearly pure or refined substance
  2. The evaporation and subsequent collection of a liquid by condensation as a means of purification:
  3. The extraction of the volatile components of a mixture by the condensation and collection of the vapors that are produced as the mixture is heated:

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  1. A distilling; specif., the process of first heating a mixture to separate the more volatile from the less volatile parts, and then cooling and condensing the resulting vapor so as to produce a more nearly pure or refined substance
  2. The evaporation and subsequent collection of a liquid by condensation as a means of purification:
  3. The extraction of the volatile components of a mixture by the condensation and collection of the vapors that are produced as the mixture is heated:

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• clarification

  1. The act of freeing from obscurities.
  2. The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

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  1. The act of freeing from obscurities.
  2. The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

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• clarifying

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• draining

  1. The practice of exploring drains, tunnels, or sewers

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  1. The practice of exploring drains, tunnels, or sewers

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• elutriation

  1. The process of separating the lighter particles from the heavier ones by means of an upward directed stream of gas or liquid.

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  1. The process of separating the lighter particles from the heavier ones by means of an upward directed stream of gas or liquid.

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• depuration

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• detersion

  1. The act of deterging or cleansing.

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  1. The act of deterging or cleansing.

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• cracking

  1. The process of breaking down heavier hydrocarbons by heat and pressure or by catalysts into lighter hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight, as in producing gasoline from petroleum
  2. Decomposition of a complex substance by the application of steam, a catalyst, or heat, especially the breaking of petroleum molecules into shorter molecules to extract low-boiling fractions such as gasoline.

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  1. The process of breaking down heavier hydrocarbons by heat and pressure or by catalysts into lighter hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight, as in producing gasoline from petroleum
  2. Decomposition of a complex substance by the application of steam, a catalyst, or heat, especially the breaking of petroleum molecules into shorter molecules to extract low-boiling fractions such as gasoline.

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• filtration

  1. The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

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  1. The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

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Culture

• civilization

  1. Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World
  2. The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch:
  3. An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.

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  1. Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World
  2. The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch:
  3. An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.

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• cultivation

  1. The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
  2. Refinement; culture.
  3. The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture

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  1. The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
  2. Refinement; culture.
  3. The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture

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• erudition

  1. Deep, extensive learning.
  2. Learning acquired by reading and study; scholarship

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  1. Deep, extensive learning.
  2. Learning acquired by reading and study; scholarship

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• sophistication

  1. (Archaic) The use of sophistry
  2. Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
  3. The state, quality, or character of being sophisticated

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  1. (Archaic) The use of sophistry
  2. Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
  3. The state, quality, or character of being sophisticated

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• breeding

  1. One's line of descent; ancestry:
  2. The propagation of animals or plants:
  3. Upbringing or education, especially in proper social behavior.

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  1. One's line of descent; ancestry:
  2. The propagation of animals or plants:
  3. Upbringing or education, especially in proper social behavior.

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• enlightenment

  1. The act or a means of enlightening.
  2. (Buddhism & Hinduism) A state in which the individual transcends desire and suffering and attains nirvana.
  3. A philosophical movement of the 1700s that emphasized the use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms. Used with the.

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  1. The act or a means of enlightening.
  2. (Buddhism & Hinduism) A state in which the individual transcends desire and suffering and attains nirvana.
  3. A philosophical movement of the 1700s that emphasized the use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms. Used with the.

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• wide knowledge

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• lore

  1. The space between the eye and the upper edge of the bill of a bird or between the eye and the nostril of a snake or fish
  2. (Archaic) A teaching or being taught; instruction
  3. Knowledge or learning; specif., all the knowledge of a particular group or having to do with a particular subject, esp. that of a traditional nature

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  1. The space between the eye and the upper edge of the bill of a bird or between the eye and the nostril of a snake or fish
  2. (Archaic) A teaching or being taught; instruction
  3. Knowledge or learning; specif., all the knowledge of a particular group or having to do with a particular subject, esp. that of a traditional nature

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• subtlety

  1. The quality or condition of being subtle; esp., the ability or tendency to make fine distinctions
  2. The quality or state of being subtle.
  3. Something subtle, especially a nicety of thought or a fine distinction.

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  1. The quality or condition of being subtle; esp., the ability or tendency to make fine distinctions
  2. The quality or state of being subtle.
  3. Something subtle, especially a nicety of thought or a fine distinction.

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• science

  1. (Short for) Christian Science
  2. A systematic method or body of knowledge in a given area:
  3. Such activities restricted to a class of natural phenomena:

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  1. (Short for) Christian Science
  2. A systematic method or body of knowledge in a given area:
  3. Such activities restricted to a class of natural phenomena:

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• artistic attainments

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• scholarship

  1. Knowledge resulting from study and research in a particular field.
  2. The quality of knowledge and learning shown by a student; standard of academic work
  3. (Uncountable) The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning.

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  1. Knowledge resulting from study and research in a particular field.
  2. The quality of knowledge and learning shown by a student; standard of academic work
  3. (Uncountable) The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning.

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• learning

  1. The act, process, or experience of gaining knowledge or skill.
  2. (Uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
  3. Knowledge or skill gained through schooling or study.

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  1. The act, process, or experience of gaining knowledge or skill.
  2. (Uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
  3. Knowledge or skill gained through schooling or study.

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Genteel feelings and behavior

• elegance

  1. Polished fastidiousness or refined grace, as in manners
  2. The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision
  3. Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners

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  1. Polished fastidiousness or refined grace, as in manners
  2. The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision
  3. Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners

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• politeness

  1. The quality of being polite.

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  1. The quality of being polite.

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• polish

  1. Elegance of style or manners; refinement.
  2. The act or process of polishing:
  3. A substance containing chemical agents or abrasive particles and applied to smooth or shine a surface:

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  1. Elegance of style or manners; refinement.
  2. The act or process of polishing:
  3. A substance containing chemical agents or abrasive particles and applied to smooth or shine a surface:

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• good-manners

  1. The treatment of other people with courtesy and politeness, and showing correct public behaviour.

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  1. The treatment of other people with courtesy and politeness, and showing correct public behaviour.

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• good breeding

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• suavity

  1. The quality of being suave; graceful politeness
  2. A suave action, speech, etc.
  3. The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; softness; smoothness; pleasantness; gentleness; urbanity; as, suavity of manners; suavity of language, conversation, or address.

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  1. The quality of being suave; graceful politeness
  2. A suave action, speech, etc.
  3. The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; softness; smoothness; pleasantness; gentleness; urbanity; as, suavity of manners; suavity of language, conversation, or address.

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• courtesy

  1. (Uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.
  2. An act or usage intended to honor or compliment
  3. (Countable) A polite gesture or remark.

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  1. (Uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.
  2. An act or usage intended to honor or compliment
  3. (Countable) A polite gesture or remark.

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• grace

  1. An excellence or power granted by God.
  2. The condition of a person brought to God's favor through this influence
  3. Beauty or charm of form, composition, movement, or expression

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  1. An excellence or power granted by God.
  2. The condition of a person brought to God's favor through this influence
  3. Beauty or charm of form, composition, movement, or expression

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• gentleness

  1. The state of being gentle.

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  1. The state of being gentle.

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• tact

  1. Delicate sensitivity, esp. in aesthetics
  2. (Archaic) The sense of touch
  3. Acute sensitivity to what is proper and appropriate in dealing with others, including the ability to speak or act without offending.

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  1. Delicate sensitivity, esp. in aesthetics
  2. (Archaic) The sense of touch
  3. Acute sensitivity to what is proper and appropriate in dealing with others, including the ability to speak or act without offending.

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• cultivation

  1. The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
  2. Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)
  3. The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture

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  1. The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
  2. Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)
  3. The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture

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• graciousness

  1. The state of being gracious

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  1. The state of being gracious

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• civility

  1. Courteous behavior; politeness.
  2. A courteous act or utterance.
  3. Politeness, esp. in a merely formal way

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  1. Courteous behavior; politeness.
  2. A courteous act or utterance.
  3. Politeness, esp. in a merely formal way

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• gentility

  1. An attempt to convey or maintain the appearance of refinement and elegance.
  2. The quality of being genteel; now, specif., excessive or affected refinement and elegance
  3. (Uncountable) The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.

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  1. An attempt to convey or maintain the appearance of refinement and elegance.
  2. The quality of being genteel; now, specif., excessive or affected refinement and elegance
  3. (Uncountable) The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.

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• taste

  1. The quality of a thing that is perceived through the sense of taste; flavor; savor
  2. The sense that distinguishes the sweet, sour, salty, and bitter qualities of dissolved substances in contact with the taste buds on the tongue.
  3. The sense of what is proper, seemly, or least likely to give offense in a given social situation:

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  1. The quality of a thing that is perceived through the sense of taste; flavor; savor
  2. The sense that distinguishes the sweet, sour, salty, and bitter qualities of dissolved substances in contact with the taste buds on the tongue.
  3. The sense of what is proper, seemly, or least likely to give offense in a given social situation:

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• discrimination

  1. The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
  2. An act, policy, pattern of behavior, etc. characterized by such partiality
  3. Treatment or consideration based on class or category, such as race or gender, rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice.

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  1. The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
  2. An act, policy, pattern of behavior, etc. characterized by such partiality
  3. Treatment or consideration based on class or category, such as race or gender, rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice.

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• fineness

  1. The ratio of a ship's length to her beam.
  2. The ratio, in a precious metal, of the primary metal to any additives or impurities.
  3. The quality or state of being fine

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  1. The ratio of a ship's length to her beam.
  2. The ratio, in a precious metal, of the primary metal to any additives or impurities.
  3. The quality or state of being fine

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• delicacy

  1. Something pleasing and appealing, especially a choice food.
  2. Fineness of feeling, observation, or appreciation
  3. Sensitivity of perception, discrimination, or taste; refinement.

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  1. Something pleasing and appealing, especially a choice food.
  2. Fineness of feeling, observation, or appreciation
  3. Sensitivity of perception, discrimination, or taste; refinement.

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• dignity

  1. Stateliness and formality in manner and appearance.
  2. The quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect.
  3. Inherent nobility and worth:

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  1. Stateliness and formality in manner and appearance.
  2. The quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect.
  3. Inherent nobility and worth:

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• urbanity

  1. The quality of being urbane
  2. Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
  3. Refinement and elegance of manner; polished courtesy.

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  1. The quality of being urbane
  2. Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
  3. Refinement and elegance of manner; polished courtesy.

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• savoir-faire

  1. The ability to say or do the appropriate or graceful thing in social situations.

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  1. The ability to say or do the appropriate or graceful thing in social situations.

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