De‐feat″, n. [Cf. F. défaite, fr. défaire. See Defeat, v.] 1. An undoing or annulling; destruction.
Upon whose property and most dear life
A damned defeat was made. Shak.
2. Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.
3. An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; — opposed to victory.