Qualification

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.

II. Qualification ·noun 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.

III. Qualification ·noun 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.