Perfection
17 definitions retrieved 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence. --Shak. [1913 Webster] What tongue can her perfections tell? --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] To perfection, in the highest degree of excellence; perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection. [1913 Webster] Perfection \Per*fec"tion\, v. t. To perfect. [Obs.] --Foote. [1913 Webster] 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, 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. Perfection See SANCTIFICATION. perfection [pəfekʃən] Vollendung; Vollkommenheit perfection [pəfekʃən] perfection perfection befejezés elvégzés tökéletesség tökéletesítés tökély perfection [pəfekʃən] perfectie; volkomenheid; volmaaktheid perfection [pəfekʃən] perfeição perfection [pɛrfɛksjõ] Vollendung; Vollkommenheit perfection [pɛrfɛksjõ] perfection perfection [pɛrfɛksjõ] perfectie; volkomenheid; volmaaktheid perfection Perfektion f perfection Vervollkommnung f perfection Vollendung f; Vollkommenheit f 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 Perfection related |
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