2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accomplishment \Ac*com"plish*ment\ (-ment), n. [F.
accomplissement fr accomplir.]
1. The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion;
fulfillment; as the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a
prophecy, etc
2. That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly;
acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence
of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or
training. ``My new accomplishment of dancing.''
--Churchill. ``Accomplishments befitting a station.''
--Thackeray.
Accomplishments have taken virtue's place And
wisdom falls before exterior grace. --Cowper.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
accomplishment
n 1: the act of accomplishing something [syn: {achievement}]
2: an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: {skill},
{acquirement}, {acquisition}, {attainment}]
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