Overcome
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of. To win (a battle). To overwhelm with emotion (usually in passive).
Example sentence: The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.
Defeat
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of defeating or being defeated
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To overcome in battle or contestTo destroy, ruin, undo, lay waste to
Example sentence: The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.