compromise
- Noun. The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
- Noun. A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right..
- Verb. (intransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
- Verb. (intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
- Verb. (transitive) To cause impairment of.
- Verb. (transitive) To breach a security system.
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