qualification

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French qualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives from Medieval Latin quālificātiō. Surface analysis: qual(ify) + -ification.

noun

1. The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
   Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.
2. An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
   What are your qualifications for this job?
3. (UK) A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
4. A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.
   I accept your offer, but with the following qualification.
5. (obsolete) A quality or attribute.
   To shew, that these Qualfications, which we all pretend to be asham'd of, are the great support of a flourishing Society has been the subject of the foregoing Poem. 1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees