'Perfection' definitions:
Definition of 'perfection'
From: WordNet
noun
The state of being without a flaw or defect [syn: perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra] [ant: imperfection, imperfectness]
noun
noun
The act of making something perfect
Definition of 'Perfection'
From: GCIDE
- Perfection \Per*fec"tion\, v. t. To perfect. [Obs.] --Foote. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Perfection'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- What tongue can her perfections tell? --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- To perfection, in the highest degree of excellence; perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Perfection'
From: Easton
- Perfection See SANCTIFICATION.
Synonyms of 'perfection'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absoluteness,
- accomplishment,
- accuracy,
- achievement,
- acme,
- acme of perfection,
- aesthetic proportions,
- archetype,
- arete,
- attainment,
- attention to fact,
- beauties,
- beautification,
- belle tournure,
- bodily charm,
- bodily grace,
- care for truth,
- charms,
- climax,
- close,
- closure,
- completeness,
- completing,
- completion,
- conclusion,
- consummation,
- correctness,
- culmination,
- curvaceousness,
- curves,
- delicacy,
- development,
- elaboration,
- embellishment,
- end,
- ending,
- entireness,
- essence,
- evolution,
- exactitude,
- exactness,
- excellence,
- excellency,
- faithfulness,
- faultlessness,
- fidelity,
- fineness,
- finish,
- finishing,
- flawlessness,
- fulfillment,
- full development,
- good appearance,
- good effect,
- good figure,
- good looks,
- good points,
- good proportions,
- good shape,
- gracefulness,
- gracility,
- height,
- highest pitch,
- ideal,
- idealization,
- last word,
- literalism,
- literality,
- literalness,
- lovely build,
- mathematical precision,
- maturation,
- maturity,
- meticulousness,
- model,
- mould,
- ne plus ultra,
- nice body,
- niceness,
- nicety,
- paragon,
- pattern,
- peak,
- pink,
- pink of perfection,
- pinnacle,
- pneumaticness,
- preciseness,
- precision,
- purity,
- quality,
- quintessence,
- realization,
- refinement,
- right,
- rightness,
- rigidity,
- rigor,
- rigorousness,
- ripeness,
- ripening,
- rounding off,
- rounding out,
- seasoning,
- severity,
- sexy body,
- shapeliness,
- standard,
- strictness,
- sublimity,
- subtlety,
- summit,
- superiority,
- termination,
- terminus,
- textualism,
- the letter,
- top,
- topping off,
- topping-off,
- transcendence,
- ultimate,
- virtue,
- wholeness,
- windup
Words containing 'Perfection'
- Perfect,
- Perfected,
- Perfecter,
- Perfectibility,
- Perfectible,
- Perfecting,
- Perfectional,
- Perfective,
- Perfectively,
- Perfectly,
- Perfectness,
- To perfection,
- perfectability,
- Perfect cadence,
- Perfect chord,
- Perfect number,
- Perfect tense,
- Perfecting press,
- future perfect,
- past perfect,
- perfect game,
- perfect gas,
- perfect participle,
- perfect pitch,
- perfective aspect,
- perfective tense,
- present perfect,
- future perfect tense,
- letter-perfect,
- past perfect tense,
- present perfect tense,
- word-perfect