perfection

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.

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

verb

(now uncommon and nonstandard, transitive) To perfect.

Roots

faciofect- · Latin · make, do

Synonyms for perfection

flawlessnessn faultlessnessn completenessn paragonn exactituden exactnessn precisionn excellencen precisenessn consummationn

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