Hypertext Webster Gateway: "compromising"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compromise \Com"pro*mise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compromised}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Compromising}.] [From {Compromise}, n.; cf.
{Compromit}.]
1. To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [Obs.]
Laban and himself were compromised That all the
eanlings which were streaked and pied Should fall as
Jacob's hire. --Shak.
2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
The controversy may easily be compromised. --Fuller.
3. To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the
life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be
recalled; to expose to suspicion.
To pardon all who had been compromised in the late
disturbances. --Motley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
compromising
adj 1: making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore
through him...whenever he thought of...even the
compromising Louis du Tillet" [syn: {conciliatory}, {flexible}]
[ant: {uncompromising}]
2: vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion;
"she found herself in a compromising situation"
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