refined, a. [exquisite], [polished], [fine], well-bred, [courtly], [cultured]; purified, sublimated, [subtle], subtilized.
refinement, n. [culture], [elegance], [polish], fastidiousness; [purification], sublimation, subtility, clarification, tenuity. Antonyms: [vulgarity], coarseness, crudity, [barbarity], Philistinism.
reflect, v. [mirror]; [rebound], revert; [meditate], [ruminate], [consider], contemplate.
reflection, n. [meditation], contemplation, [rumination]; [stricture], animadversion.
reforestization, n. reforesting, reafforestation, reboising.
reforestize, v. reafforest, reboise.
reform, v. [reclaim], regenerate, [convert], amend.
reformable, a. corrigible. Antonym: irreformable.
reformation, n. [reform], [reclamation], [betterment], [improvement].
refraction, n. deflection.