'Qualification' definitions:
Definition of 'qualification'
(from WordNet)
noun
An attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician" [syn: qualification, making]
noun
The act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea; "his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform"
noun
A statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations" [syn: reservation, qualification]
Definition of 'Qualification'
From: GCIDE
- Qualification \Qual`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. qualification. See Qualify.]
- 1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession. [1913 Webster]
- There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'qualification'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- ableness,
- about-face,
- acceptability,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adequacy,
- adjustment,
- admissibility,
- allowance,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- apostasy,
- applicability,
- appositeness,
- appropriateness,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- betterment,
- boundary,
- bounds,
- break,
- bump,
- caliber,
- capability,
- capableness,
- capacity,
- caveat,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- circumscription,
- color,
- competence,
- competency,
- condition,
- conditioning,
- confinement,
- constructive change,
- continence,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- cramp,
- cramping,
- decontamination,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- desirability,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- difference,
- discipline,
- discontinuity,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- dower,
- dowry,
- efficacy,
- efficiency,
- eligibility,
- eligible,
- enablement,
- endowment,
- equipment,
- exception,
- extenuating circumstances,
- extenuation,
- extenuative,
- facility,
- faculty,
- felicity,
- fit,
- fitness,
- fittedness,
- fitting,
- flair,
- flip-flop,
- forte,
- furnishing,
- genius,
- gift,
- gilding,
- gloss,
- gradual change,
- improvement,
- instinct,
- know-how,
- knowledge,
- limit,
- limitation,
- long suit,
- makings,
- mastery,
- maturity,
- melioration,
- metier,
- might,
- mitigation,
- moderation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- natural endowment,
- natural gift,
- overthrow,
- palliation,
- palliative,
- parts,
- potential,
- power,
- powers,
- preparedness,
- prerequisite,
- prescription,
- proficiency,
- propriety,
- proscription,
- provision,
- proviso,
- radical change,
- re-creation,
- readiness,
- realignment,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- relevance,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- requirement,
- reservation,
- reshaping,
- restrain,
- restriction,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- ripeness,
- seasoning,
- shift,
- skill,
- softening,
- speciality,
- stint,
- stipulation,
- string,
- strong flair,
- strong point,
- sudden change,
- sufficiency,
- suitability,
- suitableness,
- suitedness,
- susceptibility,
- switch,
- talent,
- talents,
- tempering,
- term,
- the goods,
- the stuff,
- total change,
- transition,
- trim,
- tuning,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- upheaval,
- variation,
- variety,
- varnish,
- violent change,
- what it takes,
- whitewash,
- whitewashing,
- worsening,
- worthiness