Definition of "acquirement" []

• The act of acquiring. (noun)
• An attainment, such as a skill or social accomplishment. (noun)

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• "Every new acquirement is something added to a solid capital."
• "The whole scheme of their training, in our conception, is self-support in the highest sense; that is, the acquirement of character, capacity, in other words, the ability to do honest, capable work for God and humanity."
• ""Doubtless; but I fear that my young relative Will Ladislaw is chiefly determined in his aversion to these callings by a dislike to steady application, and to that kind of acquirement which is needful instrumentally, but is not charming or immediately inviting to self-indulgent taste."