Defeats and Mastery

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Mastery is an antonym for defeats in topics: overthrow, frustration.

Mastery noun - A highly developed skill in or knowledge of something.

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Defeats is an antonym for mastery.

Nearby Words: master, mastered, mastering, mastership

In the end, American President Luthor outwits and defeats Superman's global communist takeover and ushers in a new era of peace, prosperity, and technological mastery for mankind.

Source: Here We Go Again
In the manga, Sanosuke Sagara upgrades Anji's finishing move, Mastery of Two Layers, which Anji had taught him, into Mastery of Three Layers and defeats him with it.

Source: Surpassed the Teacher
The woman who falls in love with her opponent after he defeats/stands up to her is not enough to qualify for this trope — there must be a clear injunction that she cannot love any man until he proves his mastery by defeating her.

Source: Best Her to Bed Her

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