compromise

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
2. (countable, uncountable) A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
3. (intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
4. 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.
5. (transitive) To cause impairment of.
6. (transitive) To breach (a security system).

Synonyms

agreement

reconcile

accommodation

conciliation

endanger

concession

reconciliation

conciliate

trade-off

settlement

give and take

come to terms

imperil

treaty

make concessions

accommodate

settle

exchange

agree

negotiate

give-and-take

amicable settlement

expose

via media

compound

meet halfway

come to an agreement

giving in

engage

mutual relations

mediate

jeopardise

jeopardize

blending

discredit

hazard

harmonize

cooperation

cop-out

contract

be reconciled

concord

befit

balance

concert

get along with

fix

concede

back down

apologize

Translations

compromis

compromesso

Kompromiss

compromisso

compromettere

compromettre

compromis

compromiso

uzlaşma

kompromittieren

comprometer

Kompromiß

compromís

middenweg

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒmpɹəˌmaɪz/

Etymology

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.