transigent adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Willing to compromise.Armed Forces Minister General Enrique Prez y Prez, under whom the army has become more transigent, promised last week that the armed forces "will respect the popular will." — 1966 noun1 •A person who is willing to compromise or to be brought to terms.As in other areas, in this field the traditional distinction between transigents and intransigents was clearly at work. — 2009 formstransigents · more transigent · most transigent