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nonperfection

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per⋅fec⋅tion

[per-fek-shuhn]
–noun
1. the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
2. the highest degree of proficiency, skill, or excellence, as in some art.
3. a perfect embodiment or example of something.
4. a quality, trait, or feature of the highest degree of excellence.
5. the highest or most nearly perfect degree of a quality or trait.
6. the act or fact of perfecting.

Origin:
1175–1225; < L perfectiōn- (s. of perfectiō) a finishing (see perfect, -ion ); r. ME perfectiun, perfeccioun < AF < L, as above
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Main Entry: non·per·fec·tion
Pronunciation: "nän-p&r-'fek-sh&n
Function: noun
: the failure to perfect
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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