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excellence collapse: the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree; an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"

sophistication collapse: falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"; the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment; being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"

daintiness collapse: the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"

indelicacy collapse: an impolite act or expression; the trait of being indelicate and offensive

cultivation collapse: (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops; socialization through training and education

tastefully collapse: with taste; in a tasteful manner; "the house was tastefully decorated"

elegance collapse: a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"; a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics); "the simplicity and elegance of his invention"

polish collapse: the property of being smooth and shiny; the Slavic language of Poland; a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad; a preparation used in polishing; of or relating to Poland or its people or culture; "Polish sausage"; bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"; improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"; make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"

culture collapse: the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"; (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"; the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group; the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"; a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"

indecency collapse: an indecent or improper act; the quality of being indecent

quality collapse: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare; a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"; a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"; high social status; "a man of quality"; of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family"

discrimination collapse: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice; the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

subtlety collapse: the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew"

quietly collapse: with little or no sound; "the class was listening quietly and intently"; "she was crying quietly"; with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly'); "her hands rested quietly in her lap"; "the rock star was quietly led out the back door"; "sit here as quiet as you can"

inappropriateness collapse: the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting; "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness"; inappropriate conduct

refinement collapse: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"; the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique"

vogue collapse: the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"

palate collapse: the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

decently collapse: in a decent manner; "they don't know how to dress decently"

properly collapse: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"

unsuitability collapse: the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose

drug addiction collapse: an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)

addiction collapse: (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"; an abnormally strong craving; being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

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