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      compromise
      noun
      The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
      A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
      (computer security) 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
      To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
      (intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
      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.
      (transitive) To cause impairment of.
      (transitive) To breach (a security system).
      (ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
      Roots
      mittomis- · Latin · sendpro-pro · Latin · forth, forward
      Synonyms for compromise
      agreementnpactnsettlementnresolutionn
      Words related to compromise
      uncompromisableadjcompromisernnegotiatevconciliationnaccordnbipartisanshipnnegotiationnpactionnaccommodationistbargainingntreatynconsentientadjbargainedvnegotiatorsnimpassenagreeingvhorsetradingnonnegotiableadjcounterproposalnconciliatoryadjdickeringvplacationnrenegotiationnconsensusnhagglingnintransigencenrenegotiatevconciliativeadjdisaccordvbipartisanadj

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