victory

Definition

  • noun: success in defeating an opponent or enemy
  • noun: the overcoming of an enemy or antagonist
  • synonyms: conquest, triumph, palm

Examples

  • Although they lost, the minority claimed the vote as a 'moral victory' since they had won the support of so many former opponents.

  • The company won the lawsuit, but it was a 'Pyrrhic victory' because of all the bad publicity they received during the trial.

  • She was equally gracious 'in victory' and in defeat. [=she was gracious when she won and when she lost]

Movie quotes

  • (..) I saw you drink poison that should have killed you. I saw you give birth to a demon made of shadows. Everything I believed, the great victory I saw in the flames, all of it was a lie. You were right all along. The Lord never spoke to me. Fuck him, then. (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Home Season: 6 Episode 2