5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perfection \Per*fec"tion\, v. t.
To perfect. [Obs.] --Foote.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
perfection
n 1: the state of being without a flaw or defect [syn: {flawlessness},
{ne plus ultra}] [ant: {imperfection}]
2: an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept [syn: {paragon},
{idol}, {beau ideal}]
3: the act of making something perfect
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Perfection
See {SANCTIFICATION}.
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
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.
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