conquest

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The act or process of conquering.
• noun Something, such as territory, acquired by conquering.
• noun A person or group whose affection or admiration has been gained.
• noun A person who has been seduced by another.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To conquer.
• noun The act of conquering; the act of overcoming or vanquishing opposition by force of any kind, but especially by force of arms; victory.
• noun The act of acquiring or gaining control of by force; acquisition by military or other conflict; subjugation by any means; as, the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great; the conquest of a nation's liberties, or of one's passions.
• noun Specifically— The act of gaining or captivating the affections or favor of another or others.
• noun That which is conquered; a possession gained by force, physical or moral.
• noun In feudal law, acquest; acquisition; the acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance, or the acquisition of property by a number in community or by one for all the others.
• noun In Scots law, heritable property acquired in any other way than by heritage, as by purchase, donation, etc.; or, with reference to a marriage contract, heritable property subsequently acquired.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.
• noun That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
• noun (Feudal Law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
• noun The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle.
• noun (Eng. Hist.) the subjugation of England by William of Normandy in 1066. The Norman Conquest.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
• noun figuratively An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
• noun colloquial A person with whom one has had sex.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun success in mastering something difficult
• noun the act of conquering
• noun an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone