Defeat may be
- the opposite of victory
- Debellatio
- Surrender (military) usually follows a defeat
- Defeat, piece by a boy (pseudonym Chris Hughes-Davis, real name unknown).
Famous quotes containing the word defeat:
“Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat ... the redeeming things are not “happiness and pleasure” but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.”
—Galeazzo Ciano (1903–1944)
“Mrs. Van Hopper: Most girls would give their eyes for a chance to see Monte.
Maxim de Winter: Wouldn’t that rather defeat the purpose?”
—Robert E. Sherwood (1896–1955)