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/əˈkwaɪə(ɹ)mənt/ · noun
(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment..
[…] his acquirements by industrie were […] enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.
If she can think, that the part she has had in your education, and your own admirable talents and acquirements, are to be thrown away upon such a worthless creature as Solmes, I could heartily quarrel with her.
[…] there was a degree of deference in his deportment toward that young gentleman which seemed to indicate that he felt himself conscious of a slight inferiority in point of genius and professional acquirements.
[…] rules for the acquirement of a taste […]
One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought […].
At best, a considerable time elapses between authorization and land acquirement, during which land values may vary impredictably.
Use acquirement when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Acquirement means (now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment..
Common synonyms include acquisition, procuration, procurement, obtainment.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] his acquirements by industrie were […] enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.
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