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Vanquishment

Vanquishment \Van"quish*ment\, n. The act of vanquishing, or the state of being vanquished.
--Bp. Hall.

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vanquishment

n. The state of being vanquished

Usage examples of "vanquishment".

Looking down at the unconscious face, it seems to Byron as though the whole man were fleeing away from the nose which holds invincibly to something yet of pride and courage above the sluttishness of vanquishment like a forgotten flag above a ruined fortress.