Qualification, n.
Etymology: [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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for qualification; he lists it under power.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.