Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Victory

Victory , noun

[Old English victorie, Old French victorie, victoire, French victoire, Latin victoria. See Victor.]

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. — Shakespeare
Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to the counsels, of a nation. — Bolingbroke