Conquest

1. n. The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.
2. n. 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.
3. n. That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
4. n. The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.