English → Latin
“imperfection” in Latin
imbēcillitāsweakness, feebleness; powerlessness, helplessness; illnessvitiōsitāsvice, faultiness, viciousnessmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective, imperfectvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, imperfection; vice; crime, wrongdoing, misdeed, sin, error, fault
The English word imperfection itself goes back to Latin perficiō, through imperfectio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
imperfection
imbecillitas: vitiositas: *conditio vitiosa or manca: vitium (defect).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for imperfection?
- The usual Latin words for “imperfection” are imbēcillitās, vitiōsitās, mancus; also vitium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.