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]
(..) ...while a hundred more were forged... ...and then... ...thousands. All would be taught as the first Lantern had learned. A new path to victory. A use for the ring that even the Guardians had not predicted. In time, old Lanterns would fall... ...their rings given to the new, to learn as they did. (..)2011 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
(..) These rings are useless. We might as well be wearing trinkets. What do we do? We have only two options: Retreat or death. There is no victory here. WACHET: Retreat it is, then. Go. I'll cover your escape. HAL: And the first Lantern saw... (..)2011 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights