compromise

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I - noun

1. a middle way between two extremes (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
via media
• Hypernyms:
cooperation
2. an accommodation in which both sides make concessions (Freq. 1)
- the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it 'business as usual'
• Hypernyms:
accommodation
• Instance Hyponyms:
Missouri Compromise

II - verb

1. make a compromise;
arrive at a compromise (Freq. 3)
- nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise
• Hypernyms:
agree
• Hyponyms:
whore, give and take
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. settle by concession (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
settle, square off, square up, determine
• Entailment:
agree, hold, concur, concord
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
- The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy
• Hypernyms:
queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something