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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Qualification \Qual'i*fi*ca"tion\, noun [Cf. F. qualification. See {Qualify}.]
1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.
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.
There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive. --Burke.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
qualification
noun
1: 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: {makings}]
2: the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea; "his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform"
3: a statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations" [syn: {reservation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
181 Moby Thesaurus words for "qualification": 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
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