to compromise
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- verb
- /ˈkɒmprəˌmaɪz/
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comprometer
- Beware the effect of acute and chronic alcohol intake, which can compromise kidney function.
- compromise privacy
- compromise the integrity
- compromise the ability
I think people think you have to compromise your soul for success.
- I think people think you have to compromise your soul for success.
- Now would that compromise my speed, power or strength?
- If I have the feeling we're compromising quality, right.
- Alcohol compromises the liver, which will compromise your magnesium absorption.
- And I just think this guy has been compromised by Russia from the jump.
- This man is compromised and owned by Vladimir Putin.
- Anything that compromises our relationship with control.
- OK, so Spock hears this and knows that that channel's already been compromised and said captain.
- Going above and beyond at work could compromise their mental health.
- That would be the last time I was ever, ever compromised by financial compensation.
- So he was a a figure that really was compromised by that in a number of ways.
- But your attitude has compromised your altitude.
- And he was could have compromised George Bush somehow for being involved.
- Or they're physically compromised, like teeny weenies.
Examples
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Leaving the door unlocked could compromise the safety of your home.
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Has Bourgeois's use of technology compromised his effectiveness or his mission as a teacher?
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Now would that compromise my speed, power or strength?
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What would have been an easier way for you to compromise the screen adaptation?
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Anything that compromises our relationship with control.
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If I do, the integrity of all the scientific data is compromised.
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First, this part will illustrate how current terms of service agreements can compromise user privacy.
Academic text (2017) -
And chronic fear actually compromises our immune system.
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U.S. officials also dismissed India's alternative development proposals that would compromise U.S. strategic objectives.
Academic text (2013) -
Many clinicians are concerned that compliance may be compromised and outcomes may be impaired as a result.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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Weaken a person or system slowly, often in secret, so it does not work well
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Make people trust someone or something less
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9.2
An 1820 US law letting Missouri be a slave state, making Maine free, and limiting slavery in western lands
- Jargon
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A jury decision made when jurors give up their true view to agree about the evidence
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember the verb compromise meaning 'to put in danger' is to think of it as giving something away: it shares the parts com- 'with' and promise 'a promise', so to compromise security is to 'hand over' or lose its protection. This is why we say important systems or investigations can be compromised when their safety is exposed.