Scottish. The polishing or refining of manners; refinement, elegance; culture, civilization. Obsolete.

The quality or condition of being neat, tidy, or well-ordered; an instance of this. Formerly also: handsomeness, elegance, fineness (now rare).

Delicacy or subtlety of discrimination or interpretation; refinement; refined grace; (also) an instance of this.

figurative. Elegance; refinement; polish of style or manners.

The quality of being polished; smoothness; refinement.

The action of polishing, improving, or bringing to completion; the fact of being polished; an instance of this.

Refinement, culture; elegance of manner. Cf. polish, v. 2a.

The fact or condition of being polished; smoothness, refinement.

The quality of being refined (in various senses); an instance of this; refinement, or a refinement.

As a mass noun: fineness of feeling, taste, or thought; cultured elegance in behaviour or manner; sophisticated and superior good taste.

Refinement; (also) a refinement. Obsolete (regional in later use).

The quality or fact of being sophisticated; esp. (a) worldly wisdom or experience; subtlety, discrimination, refinement; (b) knowledge, expertise…