perfection
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United States//pɚˈfɛk.ʃən//
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
noun
- 1
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
near-perfection
total perfection
aim for perfection
lack perfection
- 2
A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
No tongue can her perfections tell
- 3
The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.
Etymology
From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. Equivalent to perfect + -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes.
verb
- 1
To perfect.
My plan, gentlemen, is to be conſider'd as a ſuperſtructure on that admirable foundation laid by the modern profeſſor of Engliſh, both our labours tending to the ſame general end; the perfectioning of our countrymen in a moſt eſſential article, the right uſe of their native language.
Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast[…]
The most vain of the Assistants, she knows she's beautiful and let it know to the world. Acts like an ojousama and spends most of her time perfectioning her make-up.
Forms
- plural
- perfections
- past tense
- perfectioned
- past participle
- perfectioned
- present participle
- perfectioning
- third person singular
- perfections
perfection · The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
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