Celebration instead of defeat (5)

I believe the answer is:

dofor

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'defeat' is the definition.
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'celebration instead of' is the wordplay.
'celebration' becomes 'do' (I've seen this in other clues).
'instead of' becomes 'for' (I've seen this in other clues).
'do'+'for'='DOFOR'

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