perfection
Roget category 650
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends
#650.
Perfection
noun
perfection —
perfectness
etc.
adj. —
indefectibility† —
impeccancy†,
impeccability.
pink,
beau ideal,
phenix,
paragon —
pink of perfection,
acme of perfection —
ne plus ultra [Lat.] —
summit
etc.
210.
cygne noir [Fr.] —
philosopher's stone —
chrysolite,
Koh-i-noor.
model,
standard,
pattern,
mirror,
admirable Crichton —
trump,
very prince of.
masterpiece,
superexcellence
etc.
(goodness)
648† —
transcendence
etc.
(superiority)
33.
verb
be perfect
etc.
adj. —
transcend
etc.
(be supreme)
33.
bring to perfection,
perfect,
ripen,
mature —
complete
etc.
729 —
put in trim
etc.
(prepare)
673 —
maturate.
adjective
perfect,
faultless —
indefective†,
indeficient†,
indefectible —
immaculate,
spotless,
impeccable —
free from imperfection
etc.
651 —
unblemished,
uninjured
etc.
659 —
sound,
sound as a roach —
in perfect condition —
scathless†,
intact,
harmless —
seaworthy
etc.
(safe)
644 —
right as a trivet —
in seipso totus teres atque rotundus [Lat.]
[Horace];
consummate
etc.
(complete)
52 —
finished
etc.
729.
best
etc.
(good)
648 —
model,
standard —
inimitable,
unparagoned†,
unparalleled
etc.
(supreme)
33 —
superhuman,
divine —
beyond all praise
etc.
(approbation)
931 —
sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.].
adverb
to perfection —
perfectly
etc.
adj. —
ad unguem [Lat.] —
clean,
clean as a whistle.
phrase
let us go on unto perfection"
[Hebrews vi, 1];
the perfection of art is to conceal art"
[Quintilian].
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