ACQUIREMENT

skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment

(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

acquirement (countable and uncountable, plural acquirements)

(now, rare, chiefly, in plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment. [from 17th c.]

The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition. [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

• (act of acquiring, or that which is acquired): acquisition

Source: Wiktionary

Ac*quire"ment, n.

Definition: The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

Syn.

– Acquisition, Acquirement. Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always observed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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