perfection
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
Noun 3 meanings
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
“near-perfection”
A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.
Etymology
From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. By surface analysis, perfect + -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes.
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PERFECTION at a glance
PERFECTION has 10 letters and scores 17 points in Scrabble (P 3 + E 1 + R 1 + F 4 + E 1 + C 3 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,146 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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