moral victory 
noun
A defeat that can be interpreted as a victory on moral terms, for example because the defeated party defended their principles.So as I said, it was a moral victory, but it was not a financial victory....
- The week after his moral victory at Martinsville, Gordon finally rediscovered actual victory, winning a wild 500-miler at Talladega.
- The victory over communism was a moral victory.
- out-of-fashion
- out-of-fashioned
- outoffice
- out of gear
- out of hand
- out of harm's way
- out of hours
- out of humour
- out of it
- out of joint
- out of line
- out of one's box
- out of one's depth
- out of one's gourd
- out of one's mind
- out of one's senses
- out of one's skull
- out of one's tree
- out of one's way
- out of (or beyond) reach
- out of order
- out of place
- out of plumb
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- water chestnut