Compromise

Noun

 * 1) The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
 * 2) A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.

Verb

 * 1)  To bind by mutual agreement.
 * 2)  To find a way between extremes.
 * 3)  To cause impairment of.
 * 4)  To breach a security system.

Adjectives for Compromise
expensive; unworthy; lean; sensible; timid; tolerable; workable; proposed; wise; self-sufficient; practical; judicious; tacit; occasional; dignified; negotiated; imaginable; ineffectual; prudent; pitiful; strange; cowardly; ultimate; wretched; curious; scorning.

Verbs for Compromise
accept—; achieve—; agree upon—; announce—; arrange—; arrive at—; attempt —; come to—; conclude—; consent to—; draw up—; effect—; extend—; maintain—; offer—; result in—; risk—; —adjusts; —decides; —recommends; —reconciles; —settles; —soothes.

Related terms
promise

Derived terms
compromising (adjective)

Thesaurus
accommodate, accommodation, adjust, adjustment, agreement, amends, appeasement, arrange matters, arrangement, atonement, balance of power, bargain, blast, blight, bring to terms, bring together, brinkmanship, center, coexistence, colonialism, compact, compensation, compose, composition, composition of differences, compound, containment, contract, cool, cop out, detente, deterrence, diplomacy, diplomatic, diplomatics, dollar diplomacy, dollar imperialism, duck responsibility, encounter danger, endanger, evade responsibility, expansionism, expiation, expiatory offering, expose, fence, fix up, foreign affairs, foreign policy, gamble, gamble with, give and take, give way, go fifty-fifty, golden mean, good-neighbor policy, half measures, half-and-half measures, halfway measures, happy medium, harmonize, hazard, heal the breach, imperialism, imperil, incur danger, indemnification, indemnity, internationalism, isolationism, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, lay open, make a deal, make an adjustment, make concessions, making amends, making good, making right, making up, manifest destiny, mar, mean, mediate, medium, meet halfway, menace, middle course, middle ground, middle way, militarism, moderateness, moderation, nationalism, neocolonialism, neutral ground, neutralism, nonresistance, open door, open-door policy, pact, patch things up, peace offensive, peace offering, peaceful coexistence, peril, piaculum, play havoc with, play politics, preparedness, propitiation, put in danger, put in jeopardy, put in tune, queer, quittance, reach a compromise, reclamation, recompense, reconcile, redemption, redress, reparation, resolution, resolve, restitution, restore harmony, reunite, risk, ruin, satisfaction, settle, settle differences, settlement, shirt-sleeve diplomacy, shuttle diplomacy, smooth it over, spheres of influence, split the difference, spoil, squaring, strike a balance, strike a bargain, surrender, take the mean, terms, the big stick, tough policy, understanding, via media, weave peace between, world politics, yield

Etymology
< compromis: <   compromissum:, prop. neuter of compromissus:, past participle of compromittere: < com-: + promittere:; see promise.

Noun

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kompromissi, sovitteluratkaisu
 * German:
 * Hebrew: פשרה (pshara)
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: compromis
 * Russian:
 * Simplified Chinese:, ,  ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, arreglo, compromiso
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ödün, taviz, uzlaşma
 * Ukrainian:

Verb

 * Bulgarian: постигам компромис
 * Finnish: tehdä sopimus, sopia


 * German: einen Kompromiss schließen
 * Turkish: anlaşmak


 * Bulgarian: търся компромис
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 折中
 * Finnish: tehdä kompromissi, sovitella
 * German: einen Kompromiss finden
 * Russian: на


 * Swedish: kompromissa, komma överens
 * Turkish: ara bulmak, uzlaşmak


 * Bulgarian: компрометирам
 * Dutch: compromitteren
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Turkish: ödün vermek, taviz vermek


 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Turkish: tehlikeye atmak

Verb
compromise