acquirement

Definition

Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.

Etymology

From acquire + -ment.

Example Sentences

• "[…] his acquirements by industrie were […] enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature."
• "If she can think, that the part she has had in your education, and your own admirable talents and acquirements, are to be thrown away upon such a worthless creature as Solmes, I could heartily quarrel with her."
• "[…] there was a degree of deference in his deportment toward that young gentleman which seemed to indicate that he felt himself conscious of a slight inferiority in point of genius and professional acquirements."