1. (n.) 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.

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

3. (v. t.) To perfect.

absoluteness accomplishment accuracy achievement acme acme of perfection aesthetic proportions archetype arete attainment attention to fact beauties beautification belle tournure bodily charm bodily grace care for truth charms climax close closure completeness completing completion conclusion consummation correctness culmination curvaceousness curves delicacy development elaboration embellishment end ending entireness essence evolution exactitude exactness excellence excellency faithfulness faultlessness fidelity fineness finish finishing flawlessness fulfillment full development good appearance good effect good figure good looks good points good proportions good shape gracefulness gracility height highest pitch ideal idealization last word literalism literality literalness lovely build mathematical precision maturation maturity meticulousness model mould ne plus ultra nice body niceness nicety paragon pattern peak pink pink of perfection pinnacle pneumaticness preciseness precision purity quality quintessence realization refinement right rightness rigidity rigor rigorousness ripeness ripening rounding off rounding out seasoning severity sexy body shapeliness standard strictness sublimity subtlety summit superiority termination terminus textualism the letter top topping off topping-off transcendence ultimate virtue wholeness windup