Although they lost, the minority claimed the vote as a 'moral victory' since they had won the support of so many former opponents.
The company won the lawsuit, but it was a 'Pyrrhic victory' because of all the bad publicity they received during the trial.
She was equally gracious 'in victory' and in defeat. [=she was gracious when she won and when she lost]
(..) How? Disqualify him, or, disqualify yourself. And be branded as a coward? I'll die first. Yes, one of you will die. There is no victory in this. Oh, so, you've come to ask for my public humiliation. No, Messala. I've come to tell you of the hell you'll unleash. (..)2016 Ben-Hur