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Vinony

perfection

noun

  1. state of being flawless
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. Equivalent to perfect + -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes.

  1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.

    “near-perfection”

    “total perfection”

  2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.

    “No tongue can her perfections tell”

  3. The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. Equivalent to perfect + -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes.

  1. To perfect.

    “My plan, gentlemen, is to be conſider'd as a ſuperſtructure on that admirable foundation laid by the modern profeſſor of Engliſh, both our labours tending to the ſame general end; the perfectioning of our countrymen in a moſt eſſential article, the right uſe of their native language.”

    “Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast[…]”