education

noun3

1. •
   the process of giving people knowledge and skills and teaching them to think well

   • Good education is essential for a well-run society.
2. •
   Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.

   • He has had a classical education.
   • The educations our children receive depend on their economic status.
3. •
   (no longer used) Upbringing, rearing.

   • I found them [my children] all I could wish and progressing rapidly under the truly maternal care of the kind Sisters who cared for their education. — 1861