Ĕd′ū-cā′tion, n.

(ĕd′yū-kā′shun), n. [Lat. educatio, Fr. éducation, Sp. educacion, It. educazione.] The act or process of educating; the result of educating, in knowledge, skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.

Synonyms— EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION, TEACHING, BREEDING. Education is properly to draw forth, and implies not so much the communication of knowledge as the discipline of the intellect, the establishment of the principles, and the regulation of the heart. Instruction is that part of education which furnishes the mind with knowledge. Teaching is the same, being simply more familiar. Breeding relates to the manners and outward conduct.