perfection
/pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/ noun B2- 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
- 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.
Plural perfections
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With ten dollars a man may, for a few hours, play the wealthy idler to perfection.
“Believe me, my dear Miss Elizabeth, that your modesty, so far from doing you any disservice, rather adds to your other perfections.
They shook hands with great cordiality; and then, till her sister came down, she had to listen to all he had to say of his own happiness, and of Jane’s perfections; and in spite of his being a lover, Elizabeth really believed all his expectations of felicity to be rationally founded, because they had for basis the excellent understanding and super-excellent disposition of Jane, and a general similarity of feeling and taste between her and himself.
Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and Analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study nor, is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it.
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