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perfect

adjective
  1. Lacking nothing essential or normal: complete, entire, full, intact, integral, whole. See part
  2. In excellent condition: entire, flawless, good, intact, sound 2, unblemished, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred, whole. See thrive
  3. Without imperfections or blemishes, as a line or contour: clean, regular. See beautiful
  4. Conforming to an ultimate form of perfection or excellence: exemplary, ideal, model, supreme. See good
  5. Not more or less: complete, entire, full, good, round, whole. See part, precise
  6. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, plain, pure, sheer 2, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter 2. Informal: flat-out, positive. Chiefly British: blooming. See big, limited
  7. Free from extraneous elements: absolute, plain, pure, sheer 2, simple, unadulterated, undiluted, unmixed. See clean
  8. Supremely excellent in quality or nature: absolute, consummate, faultless, flawless, impeccable, indefectible, unflawed. See good
verb
To bring to perfection or completion: polish, refine, smooth. Idiom: smooth off the rough edges. See better

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