perfection

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perfection - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  Perfection \Per*fec"tion\, v. t.
     To perfect. [Obs.] --Foote.
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perfection - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  perfection
      n 1: the state of being without a flaw or defect [syn:
           perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra] [ant:
           imperfection, imperfectness]
      2: an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept [syn:
         paragon, idol, perfection, beau ideal]
      3: the act of making something perfect

perfection - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Perfection
  See SANCTIFICATION.

perfection - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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