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perfection

noun
/pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from perfectiō
  2. derived from perfection
  3. inherited from perfeccioun

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains

    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
    • aim for perfection

  2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent

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

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To perfect.

      • Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast[…]
      • The most vain of the Assistants, she knows she's beautiful and let it know to the world. Acts like an ojousama and spends most of her time perfectioning her make-up.

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Derived

counsel of perfection, imperfection, nonperfection, perfectional, perfectionate, perfectionism, perfectionist, perfection is the enemy of good, perfectionitis, perfectionize, perfectionless, perfection salad, pitch-perfection, prick of perfection, semiperfection, to perfection, unperfection

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at perfection. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01perfection02acquirement03accomplishment04elegance05exactness06exact07perfectly

A definitional loop anchored at perfection. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at perfection

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA