Obvious I have overcome damage (7)
I believe the answer is:
evident
'obvious' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'i have overcome damage' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'i' is within the answer.
'damage' could be 'dent' (dent is a kind of damage) and 'dent' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for evident that I've seen before include "Obvious, quite apparent" , "on display" , "Quite obvious, easy to see" , "Plain, obvious, clear" , "Clear to see" .)