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Webster 1913 Edition


Imperfection

Imˊper-fec′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
imperfectio
: cf. F.
imperfection
. See
Imperfect
,
Adj.
]
The quality or condition of being imperfect; lack of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.
Syn. – Defect; deficiency; incompleteness; fault; failing; weakness; frailty; foible; blemish; vice.

Webster 1828 Edition


Imperfection

IMPERFEC'TION

,
Noun.
[L. imperfectio, supra.]
Defect; fault; the want of a part or of something necessary to complete a thing; equally applicable to physical or moral subjects. When fruit fails to come to maturity, and after it begins to decay, we denominate the defect, an imperfection. Laws sometimes fail of the intended effect, either from their imperfection, or from the imperfection of the administration. Men are all chargeable with imperfections, both in character and in conduct.