perfection

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /pɚˈfɛkʃən/

Noun

perfection

1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence

   We seek complete perfection.

   The system runs to perfection.

   to imitate a model to perfection

2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.

   What tongue can her perfections tell?

Synonyms

• faultlessness
• flawlessness
• impeccability
• infallibility

Translations

• French: perfection
• German: Vollkommenheit, Perfektion
• Italian: perfezione
• Portuguese: perfeição
• Russian: соверше́нство
• Spanish: perfección

Verb

perfection (perfections, present participle perfectioning; past and past participle perfectioned)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To perfect.

   Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast […]

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