perfection

Universal Words noun 1 [U,sing.] the state of being perfect: technical / physical perfection * The fish was cooked to perfection. * The novel achieves a perfection of form that is quite new. * His performance was perfection (= sth perfect). 2 [U,sing.] the act of making sth perfect by doing the final improvements: They have been working on the perfection of the new model. IDIOMS see COUNSELn.