attainment

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ATTA'INMENT, noun 1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence the act of obtaining by efforts; as the attainment of excellence. 2. That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; as, a man of great attainments.
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