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per⋅fec⋅tion

  [per-fek-shuhn]
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–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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per·fec·tion   (pər-fěk'shən)   
n.  
  1. The quality or condition of being perfect.
  2. The act or process of perfecting: Perfection of the invention took years.
  3. A person or thing considered to be perfect.
  4. An instance of excellence.
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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.

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

What tongue can her perfections tell? --Sir P. Sidney.

To perfection, in the highest degree of excellence; perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection.

Perfection

Per*fec"tion\, v. t. To perfect. [Obs.] --Foote.
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Language Translation for : perfection
Spanish: perfección,
German: die Vollkommenheit,
Japanese: 完全
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