Noun
- 1. compromise, via media, cooperation
- usage: a middle way between two extremes
- 2. compromise, accommodation
- usage: an accommodation in which both sides make concessions; "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'"
Verb
- 1. compromise, agree
- usage: make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"
- 2. compromise, settle, square off, square up, determine
- usage: settle by concession
- 3. compromise, queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
- usage: expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"
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