Noah Webster
Imperfection
IMPERFEC'TION, noun [Latin 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.