accomplishment Copy link Outline I. The act of accomplishing1. confectio2. pĕractio3. exsĕcūtioII. Culture, refinement; chiefly in pl. • accomplishment: I. The act of accomplishing: 1. confectio: v. finishing, completion. 2. pĕractio: v. completion. 3. exsĕcūtio: the a. of an undertaken work, e. instituti operis, Plin. Note: usu. best expr. by part of verb: as, in the a. of great works, in magnis rebus perficiendis: by the a. of this, hoc perfecto, etc.: v. to accomplish. II. Culture, refinement; chiefly in pl.: hūmānĭtas: a man not destitute of general literary acquirements and more refined a.s, homo non communium literarum et politioris h. expers, Cic.: a. and learning, h. atque doctrina, Cic.