Perfection \Per*fec"tion\, n. [F. perfection, L. perfectio.]
1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that
nothing requisite is wanting; entire development;
consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the
highest attainable state or degree of excellence;
maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a
system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in
perfection.
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2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent;
an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute
of complete excellence. --Shak.
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What tongue can her perfections tell? --Sir P.
Sidney.
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To perfection, in the highest degree of excellence;
perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Perfection \Per*fec"tion\, v. t.
To perfect. [Obs.] --Foote.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
perfection
n 1: the state of being without a flaw or defect [syn: flawlessness,
ne plus ultra] [ant: imperfection]
2: an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept [syn: paragon,
idol, beau ideal]
3: the act of making something perfect
WordNet (r) 2.0
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "perfection":
absoluteness, accomplishment, accuracy, achievement, acme,
acme of perfection, aesthetic proportions, archetype, arete,
attainment, attention to fact, beauties, beautification,
belle tournure, bodily charm, bodily grace, care for truth, charms,
climax, close, closure, completeness, completing, completion,
conclusion, consummation, correctness, culmination, curvaceousness,
curves, delicacy, development, elaboration, embellishment, end,
ending, entireness, essence, evolution, exactitude, exactness,
excellence, excellency, faithfulness, faultlessness, fidelity,
fineness, finish, finishing, flawlessness, fulfillment,
full development, good appearance, good effect, good figure,
good looks, good points, good proportions, good shape,
gracefulness, gracility, height, highest pitch, ideal,
idealization, last word, literalism, literality, literalness,
lovely build, mathematical precision, maturation, maturity,
meticulousness, model, mould, ne plus ultra, nice body, niceness,
nicety, paragon, pattern, peak, pink, pink of perfection, pinnacle,
pneumaticness, preciseness, precision, purity, quality,
quintessence, realization, refinement, right, rightness, rigidity,
rigor, rigorousness, ripeness, ripening, rounding off,
rounding out, seasoning, severity, sexy body, shapeliness,
standard, strictness, sublimity, subtlety, summit, superiority,
termination, terminus, textualism, the letter, top, topping off,
topping-off, transcendence, ultimate, virtue, wholeness, windup
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Perfection
See SANCTIFICATION.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the
actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.
The editor of an English magazine having received a letter
pointing out the erroneous nature of his views and style, and signed
"Perfection," promptly wrote at the foot of the letter: "I don't
agree with you," and mailed it to Matthew Arnold.
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
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