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]
(..) I'm on Vronsky. Pair of gloves? Done. Alexander Vronsky. You are an exquisite creature. You really ought to be the spoils of victory today. Yah! Yah! Go, Frou-Frou! Go! Go! Go, Frou-Frou! Go! Alexei! (..)2012 Anna Karenina