Synonyms for perfection
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : per-fek-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈfɛk ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for perfection
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for perfection
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