Antonyms for perfection

Grammar : Noun

Spell : per-fek-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : pərˈfɛk ʃən

Definition of perfection

Origin : early 13c., from Old French perfection "perfection, completeness" (12c.), from Latin perfectionem (nominative perfectio) "a finishing, compling, perfection," noun of action from past participle stem of perficere (see perfect (adj.)).

noun achievement, completeness

Example sentences :

Her costume had about it an indubitable air, a finality of perfection in its kind.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Unless it be to think that she is by And feed upon the shadow of perfection.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

At forty if a man chooses to assume the role of Orlando he does it to perfection.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

It gives grace, it is perfection, which has only need to show itself to conquer.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Stables and neat-houses were the perfection of cleanliness and airiness.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

This was the perfection of love--this was the triumph of friendship!
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

But four parts are altogether necessary to the perfection of melody.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

The best time for making cheese is when the pasture is in perfection.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

And pictures, which, even in an anatomical point of view, are perfection.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

How suitable both to life and the desire for perfection the Greek practice was!
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

Synonyms for perfection

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