perfection
Americannoun
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the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
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the highest degree of proficiency, skill, or excellence, as in some art.
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a perfect embodiment or example of something.
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a quality, trait, or feature of the highest degree of excellence.
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the highest or most nearly perfect degree of a quality or trait.
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the act or fact of perfecting.
noun
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the act of perfecting or the state or quality of being perfect
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the highest degree of a quality, etc
the perfection of faithfulness
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an embodiment of perfection
Other Word Forms
- hyperperfection noun
- nonperfection noun
- superperfection noun
Etymology
Origin of perfection
First recorded in 1175–1225; from Latin perfectiōn-, stem of perfectiō “completion, finishing”; equivalent to perfect + -ion; replacing Middle English perfeccioun, perfectiun, from Anglo-French, from Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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"If we only look at his paintings, we see this supreme, sublime beauty and perfection," she told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
He has written about them three decades later and, at only 150 pages, “A Scandal in Königsberg” is a book of miniature perfection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
That perfection of air and climate that lured filmmakers here in the first place was being lost in a brown miasma.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The goal here is not perfection, but momentum.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
His lips meeting mine, cold from the snow and the ice, but absolute perfection.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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