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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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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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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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