1. a light meal or refreshment
Usage: formal
2. the act of refreshing or restoring
Usage: formal; rare

Examples

• The monastery provided a simple refection for the weary travelers.
• After the long hike, we enjoyed a light refection by the lake.
• The nuns gathered in the refectory for their evening refection.
• A brief refection of tea and biscuits was served between meetings.
• The spiritual retreat included periods of prayer and refection.
• The medieval manuscript described the daily refection of the monks.