compromise
The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
Noun 3 meanings
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.
“a compromise of character or right”
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 4 meanings
To bind by mutual agreement.
To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
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.
Etymology
From Middle French compromis, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin compromissum (“a compromise, originally a mutual promise to refer to arbitration”), prop.
COMPROMISE at a glance
COMPROMISE has 10 letters and scores 18 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + M 3 + P 3 + R 1 + O 1 + M 3 + I 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 22 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,491 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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