Sekirov Dictionary

compromise

UK /ˈkɒmpɹəˌmaɪz/US /ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/

noun 3
verb 7
forms 3

noun3

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a deal reached when two sides cannot agree, with each side taking less than it asked for
- But basely yielded upon compromise / That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows. — 1595
•
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
- I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them. — 1823
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.

verb7

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To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
- The controversy may easily be compromised. — 1662
To find a way between extremes.
To cause impairment of.
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To illegally expose.
- He compromised dozens of United States Government classified documents […] — 2001
•
To breach (a security system).
- They tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.
•
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.
- to pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances — 1856
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To bind by mutual agreement.
- Laban and himself were compromised / That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied / Should fall as Jacob's hire. — 1596

forms

compromised · compromising · compromises

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