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perfection |
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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