Dictionary entry

Attainment

Webster's Dictionary 1913

At‐tain″ment (�), n. 1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.

The attainment of every desired object.

Sir W. Jones.

2. That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.