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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Victory

/vĭkʹtəri/ · Vic·to·ry · IPA /ˈvɪk.tə.ɹi/
01 n. The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest…
pl. Victories ((#))
  1. 1.
    The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat.
    “Death is swallowed up in victory.” — 1 Cor. xv. 54.
    “God on our side, doubt not of victory.” Shak.
    Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to the counsels, of a nation.” — Bolingbroke.