perfection
Pronunciation: /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/
The English word “perfection” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
- A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
- The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.
verb
- To perfect.
Etymology
From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. By surface analysis, perfect + -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes.
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