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1) (good manners, good taste, polite speech etc.) dannelse, forfinelse2) ((an) improvement: to make refinements.) forbedringraffinement--------raffineringsubst. \/rɪˈfaɪnmənt\/1) rensing, raffinering, (gar)fersking (om kobber og stål), affinering (om gull og sølv), lutring2) forfinelse, foredling, eleganse3) raffinement, finesse, finhet, utsøkthet4) sofisteri, spissfindighet(er)5) forbedringwith a refinement of cruelty med raffinert\/utstudert grusomhet
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