Associations to the word «Perfection»

Wiktionary

PERFECTION, noun. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in perfection.
PERFECTION, noun. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
PERFECTION, noun. The highest degree of excellence.
PERFECTION, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To perfect.

Dictionary definition

PERFECTION, noun. The state of being without a flaw or defect.
PERFECTION, noun. An ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept.
PERFECTION, noun. The act of making something perfect.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.