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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an ability that has been acquired by training;
[syn: skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Acquirement \Ac*quire"ment\ (-ment), n. The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." --Addison. [1913 Webster] His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. --Hayward. [1913 Webster] Syn: Acquisition, Acquirement. Usage: 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

acquirement n 1: an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment]