Noun
moral victory (plural moral victories)
An apparent defeat that is in some important sense a real victory.
So let us call genocide, genocide. Let us not minimize the deliberate murder of 1.5 million people. Let us have a moral victory that can shine as a light to all nations. Adam Schiff
Donald Trump has buried George W. Bush, for good. Or so we hope. This might not be 'Morning in America,' but it is a moral victory for values in America. Somewhere in those Judeo-Christian values touted by 'values voters' is an injunction against mass murder. Ilana Mercer
To win a moral victory at the expense of your sanity is dumb. Stuart Wilde
"Contrary to what Polisario considers a moral victory it lost and the court asked for costs of the proceedings. Source: Internet
Before the vote count was finished, Hizballah’s Hassan Nasrallah proclaimed a “great political and moral victory for the ‘resistance’ that protects the sovereignty of the country” against Israel. Source: Internet
It was a moral victory that pushed him to continue pursuing his passion. Source: Internet