Qual/i-fi-cä'tion, n.

n. [Fr. qualification, Sp. calificacion, It. qualificazione. See QUALITY.]

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 enables him to sustain 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 or restricted; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification.