n. [ F. perfection, L. perfectio. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

What tongue can her perfections tell? Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

To perfection, in the highest degree of excellence; perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To perfect. [ Obs. ] Foote. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to perfection; characterized by perfection. [ R. ] Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To perfect. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The doctrine of the Perfectionists. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A personal attitude which demands perfection in the results of actions. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who insists on perfect results from himself or from others, in any endeavor. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. perfectionnement. ] The act of bringing to perfection, or the state of having attained to perfection. [ R. ] I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]