conquest
noun
the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
self-conquest
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a word derived from
conquest.
Example Sentences
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And the direct experience of God is still available to any man capable of enough suffering, renunciation and self-conquest.
From Time Magazine Archive
You correctly quoted the principle of Buddha's philosophy of life as self-conquest.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is the explicit record of a man's physical self-conquest, literally step by step, which is in turn the measure of his inner toughening, adjustment and growth.
From Time Magazine Archive
They tell of pride and selfishness, of tyranny and wasted power, of self-reliance and courage, of ambition and self-conquest, of patience and manliness.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter
He had traveled a long way since then in self-conquest.
From The Fighting Edge by Raine, William MacLeod
