achievement

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ACHIE'VEMENT, noun 1. The performance of an action. 2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, or boldness. 3. An obtaining by exertion. 4. An escutcheon or ensigns armorial, granted for the performance of a great or honorable action.
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