Overview of verb compromise

The verb compromise has 3 senses

• compromise -- (make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise")


• compromise -- (settle by concession)


• compromise -- (expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy")

Overview of adj compromising

The adj compromising has 2 senses

• compromising, conciliatory, flexible -- (making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet")


• compromising -- (vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion; "she found herself in a compromising situation")