perfection

perfection
/peuhr fek"sheuhn/, n.
1. the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
2. the highest degree of proficiency, skill, or excellence, as in some art.
3. a perfect embodiment or example of something.
4. a quality, trait, or feature of the highest degree of excellence.
5. the highest or most nearly perfect degree of a quality or trait.
6. the act or fact of perfecting.
[1175-1225; < L perfection- (s. of perfectio) a finishing (see PERFECT, -ION); r. ME perfectiun, perfeccioun < AF < L, as above]

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