Perfection

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
 * What tongue can her perfections tell? -Sir P. Sidney
 * 1) To perfection, in the highest degree of excellence; perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection.

Quotations

 * 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., P REFACE
 * T HE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the ﬁrﬅ diﬅinƈtion, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfeƈtion; and diﬅinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.

Adjectives for Perfection
absolute; delicate; abnormal; classic; spontaneous; aesthetic; time-softened; infinite; divine; optical; fashionable; rare; strained; technical; ineffable; trim; studied; flattering; pure; balanced; complete; supreme; ravishing; final; theoretical; comparative; prosperous; exquisite;  unlimited,  overwhelming; matchless; constant; minute; moral; true; mechanical; imaginable; artistic; pure; tailored; unapproachable.

Verbs for Perfection
achieve—; acquire—; admire—; approximate—; attain—; disclaim—; emulate—; gain—; invest with—; lack—; mature to—; realize—; ripen to—; sacrifice—to; seek—; strive for—; transcend—; vie for—; — clinches; —crowns; —eludes; —saturates; —seals.

Thesaurus
absoluteness, accomplishment, accuracy, achievement, acme, acme of perfection, aesthetic proportions, archetype, arete, attainment, attention to fact, beauties, beautification, belle tournure, bodily charm, bodily grace, care for truth, charms, climax, close, closure, completeness, completing, completion, conclusion, consummation, correctness, culmination, curvaceousness, curves, delicacy, development, elaboration, embellishment, end, ending, entireness, essence, evolution, exactitude, exactness, excellence, excellency, faithfulness, faultlessness, fidelity, fineness, finish, finishing, flawlessness, fulfillment, full development, good appearance, good effect, good figure, good looks, good points, good proportions, good shape, gracefulness, gracility, height, highest pitch, ideal, idealization, last word, literalism, literality, literalness, lovely build, mathematical precision, maturation, maturity, meticulousness, model, mould, ne plus ultra, nice body, niceness, nicety, paragon, pattern, peak, pink, pink of perfection, pinnacle, pneumaticness, preciseness, precision, purity, quality, quintessence, realization, refinement, right, rightness, rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, ripeness, ripening, rounding off, rounding out, seasoning, severity, sexy body, shapeliness, standard, strictness, sublimity, subtlety, summit, superiority, termination, terminus, textualism, the letter, top, topping off, topping-off, transcendence, ultimate, virtue, wholeness, windup

Translations

 * Arabic: كمال
 * Catalan: perfecció
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: perfectie
 * Estonian: täiuslikkus
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: τελειότητα
 * Hebrew: השתלמות
 * Hungarian: tökéletesség
 * Indonesian: kesempurnaan


 * Italian:
 * Kurdish: bêkêmasîtî
 * Persian: کمال
 * Polish: perfekcja
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: perfecțiune
 * Russian: совершенство
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: mükemmellik, mükemmeliyet, kusursuzluk

Etymology
From perfectio:.