Rectify
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To correct or amend something. To purify or refine, especially by distillation. To convert alternating current into direct current. To add water to alcoholic spirit to adjust its proof.
Example sentence: Some people conclude that the injustices existing in the world prove there is no God. On the contrary, I conclude that God, being both just and merciful, will and can rectify all inequities in a life after death.
Refine
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.To affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language.
Example sentence: I will refine somebody in a minor way, but I don't want to totally change them. I don't want them to look like plastic dolls.