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familiarity

fa·mil·iar·i·ty [ fə mìllee árrətee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. good knowledge: thorough knowledge and understanding of something
Familiarity with database systems would be an advantage.

2. intimacy: closeness and friendliness in a personal relationship

3. familiar quality: the quality of being known
The place had a strange familiarity about it.

4.  (plural fa·mil·iar·i·ties) unwelcome intimacy: an intimacy that is improper and presumptuous ( dated )

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