perfection

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. Equivalent to perfect +‎ -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/ Rhymes: -ɛkʃən === Noun === perfection (countable and uncountable, plural perfections) The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence. (law) The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests. ==== Quotations ==== 1784, William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinction, 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 Perfection; and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === perfection (third-person singular simple present perfections, present participle perfectioning, simple past and past participle perfectioned) (now uncommon and nonstandard, transitive) To perfect. === References === “perfection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin perfectiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === perfection f (uncountable) perfection ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== parfait === Further reading === “perfection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Noun === perfection f (plural perfections) perfection