achievement

The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.

[The exploits] of the ancient saints ; they do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes.

The narrow Gothic windows were filled, not with glass that admitted the light, but with glass painted with the achievements of the family […] .

Finishing the game does not give you a 100% score until you have unlocked all of the achievements.

[…]distinctions among states of affairs are reflected to a striking degree in distinctions among Aktionsart types. That is, situations are expressed by state verbs or predicates, events by achievement verbs or predicates, and actions by activity verbs or predicates.