compromise
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈkɒmprəmaɪz/
:
compromiso
- Because each side of the debate had its supporters in Congress, a compromise became the only solution.
- reach a compromise
- make compromises
- accept a compromise
Or we find some compromise for Vladimir Putin.
- Or we find some compromise for Vladimir Putin.
- If so, how do you handle compromise and conflict resolution?
- A couple days later, there's a compromise committee that meets.
- This is a common sense compromise both parties should embrace.
- It does require, it's a world of compromise, right?
- So let's get into what that compromise could be.
- But the key compromises tie wages to productivity.
- But almost all glues are an exercise in some compromise and often disappointment.
- We don't have to make compromises to generate income, right?
Examples
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A compromise seems near in the Social Security funding bill.
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What I want to suggest is a compromise on both sides.
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Well, yes, this project was born out of compromise, as are so many things in life.
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Let's talk about compromise, both personal compromise and national compromise.
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Here, the association and the business community had to settle for a compromise with Congress.
Academic text (2011) -
This is a common sense compromise both parties should embrace.
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Each of the main characters is cynical about this compromise at the heart of the new South Africa.
Academic text (2008) -
Relationships are about compromise.
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NBC and NCBJ reached a compromise on the status of bankruptcy judges.
Academic text (2017) -
In negotiations, both parties must agree to a compromise to move forward with the deal.
Synonyms
384
3.3
An agreement that ends a legal or business dispute
276
2.0
An agreement made after discussion that says what each side must do
199
3.7
Solving a problem or ending a disagreement
101
5.8
An agreement between groups to end a disagreement
41
4.2
An agreement both sides can accept
6
3.6
To accept some demands while giving up some of your own
A middle way between two extremes that offers a compromise
An agreement between people or groups reached after discussion
Antonyms
Compounds
1
9.2
An 1820 US law letting Missouri be a slave state, making Maine free, and limiting slavery in western lands
- Jargon
1
9.6
A jury decision made when jurors give up their true view to agree about the evidence
How Reconciled
- Informal
12
3.7
- Slang
1
9.4
596
3.3
363
2.5
∞
1.6
607
1.1
1
6.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Compromise comes from parts meaning com- 'with' and promise 'a promise', so it originally meant a 'promise made together'. So a compromise is an agreement where both sides give up something to reach a solution.