Meaning of compromise | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
   countable, uncountable
2. Commitment, compromise.
3. A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
   countable, uncountable
4. 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.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“But basely yielded upon compromise / That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows.”

“All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.”

“An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions.”

“That's the nature of compromises. They truly satisfy no one.”

“a compromise of character or right”

“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.”

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