perfection

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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”

   “aim for perfection”

   “lack perfection”

   “attain perfection”

2. (countable, uncountable)A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.

   “No tongue can her perfections tell”

3. (countable, uncountable)The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.

verb

1. (nonstandard, transitive, uncommon)To perfect.

   “My plan, gentlemen, is to be conſider'd as a ſuperſtructure on that admirable foundation laid by the modern profeſſor of Engliſh, both our labours tending to the ſame general end; the perfectioning of our countrymen in a moſt eſſential article, the right uſe of their native language.”

   “Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast[…]”

   “The most vain of the Assistants, she knows she's beautiful and let it know to the world. Acts like an ojousama and spends most of her time perfectioning her make-up.”