Definition of "acquirement"
acquirement
noun
countable and uncountable, plural acquirements
(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
Quotations
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.
1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], page 177
[…] 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.
1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], page 305
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
Quotations
[…] rules for the acquirement of a taste […]
1712 June 30 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, June 19, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 409; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853