verb
- Make a compromise; arrive at a compromise.
- usage: "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"
- synonyms: compromise
- Settle by concession.
- synonyms: compromise
- Expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute.
- usage: "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"
- synonyms: compromise
adjective
- Making or willing to make concessions.
- usage: "loneliness tore through him... Whenever he thought of... Even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
- synonyms: conciliatory, flexible
- Vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion.
- usage: "she found herself in a compromising situation"
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