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Compromise

//ˈkɒmpɹəˌmaɪz// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions. countable, uncountable

    "But basely yielded upon compromise / That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows."

  2. 2
    a middle way between two extremes wordnet
  3. 3
    A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender. countable, uncountable

    "a compromise of character or right"

  4. 4
    an accommodation in which both sides make concessions wordnet
  5. 5
    A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To bind by mutual agreement. ambitransitive

    "Laban and himself were compromised / That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied / Should fall as Jacob's hire."

  2. 2
    settle by concession wordnet
  3. 3
    To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.

    "The controversy may easily be compromised."

  4. 4
    make a compromise; arrive at a compromise wordnet
  5. 5
    To find a way between extremes. intransitive
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  1. 6
    expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute wordnet
  2. 7
    To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.

    "to pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances"

  3. 8
    To cause impairment of. transitive
  4. 9
    To breach (a security system). transitive

    "They tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French compromis, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin compromissum (“a compromise, originally a mutual promise to refer to arbitration”), prop. neuter of Latin compromissus, past participle of compromittere (“to make a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter”), from com- (“together”) + promittere (“to promise”); see promise.

Etymology 2

From Middle French compromis, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin compromissum (“a compromise, originally a mutual promise to refer to arbitration”), prop. neuter of Latin compromissus, past participle of compromittere (“to make a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter”), from com- (“together”) + promittere (“to promise”); see promise.

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