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Perfection

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.

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Couth 76% connected

Could; was able; knew or known; understood.

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Cultivation 76% connected

The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

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Culture 76% connected

The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

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Dream 76% connected

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Polish 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

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Refinement 76% connected

The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

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Ideal 76% connected

Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.

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Improvement 76% connected

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Flawless 74% connected

Free from flaws.

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Flawless 74% connected

Free from flaws.

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Hone 74% connected

To pine; to lament; to long.

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Hone 74% connected

To pine; to lament; to long.

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Perfectionist 74% connected

One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinle…

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Perfectionist 74% connected

One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinle…

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Imperfect 66% connected

Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.

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Imperfect 66% connected

Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.

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Perfect 66% connected

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and k…

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Perfect 66% connected

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and k…

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Beau ideal 92% connected

A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actu…

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Idol 92% connected

An image or representation of anything.

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Paragon 92% connected

A companion; a match; an equal.

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