perfection

perfection
n
1. ideal, ideality, inimitability, inimitableness, incomparability, incomparableness; superiority, extraordinariness, preeminence, superemi-nence, transcendence, sublimity, infinity; goodness, holiness, virtue.
2. completeness, entirety, entireness, fullness, fulfillment; totality, wholeness, thoroughness, utterness; soundness, intactness, integrity; faultlessness, (lawlessness, pureness, innocence, chasteness; spotlessness, stainlessness, taintlessness, immaculateness; impeccability, irreproachability.
3. actuality, factuality, literalness, truth, verity, veri-tableness, essence, authenticity; definiteness, positiveness, absoluteness; exactness, exactitude, precision, preciseness; accuracy, correctness, Tightness, justness.
4. mastery, expertness, efficiency, proficiency; ripeness, maturity; ability, capability, adroitness, deftness, adeptness.
5. paragon, model, pink, pattern, mirror, standard, ideal, idealization, beau ideal; excellence, worth, merit, quality, prime; acme, quintessence, ultimate, crown; pinnacle, summit, lead, peak, height.
6. completion, consummation, realization, termination; accomplishment, attainment, achievement, effectuation; culmination, capping, crowning; maturation, ripening.
7. rectification, amelioration, improvement; correc-tion, emendation, editing, revision, clarification; regeneration, rehabilitation, repairing; restoration, reclaiming, reviving, resuscitating, redoing; enrichment, refinement, elaboration, embellishing, adorning; expansion, development.
8. training, teaching, educating, education, preparing, preparation; drilling, exercising, disciplining, practicing; nurturing, fostering, rearing; cultivating, cultivation, breeding, habituating, acclimatizing, adapting, inuring.

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