compromise
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French compromis, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin compromissum (“a compromise, originally a mutual promise to refer to arbitration”), prop. neuter of Latin compromissus, past participle of compromittere (“to make a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter”), from com- (“together”) + promittere (“to promise”); see promise.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪz
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmpɹəˌmaɪz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/
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NounEdit
compromise (countable and uncountable, plural compromises)
- The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, King Richard the Second
- But basely yielded upon compromise / That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows.
- (Can we date this quote by Burke?)
- All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
- (Can we date this quote by Hallam?)
- An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, King Richard the Second
- A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
- a compromise of character or right
- (Can we date this quote by Lamb?)
- I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them.
- In data security, a violation of the security system such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
- Dennis Longley, Michael Shain, William Caelli, Information Security: Dictionary of Concepts, Standards and Terms, Stockton Press, New York (NY), 1992
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TranslationsEdit
settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
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Further readingEdit
- compromise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- compromise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
VerbEdit
compromise (third-person singular simple present compromises, present participle compromising, simple past and past participle compromised)
- (transitive, intransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
- c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Laban and himself were compromised / That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied / Should fall as Jacob's hire.
- To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
- (Can we date this quote by Fuller?)
- The controversy may easily be compromised.
- (Can we date this quote by Fuller?)
- (intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
- 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.
- (Can we date this quote by Motley?)
- To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances.
- (Can we date this quote by Motley?)
- (transitive) To cause impairment of.
- (transitive) To breach (a security system).
- He tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- compromising (adjective)
TranslationsEdit
to bind by mutual agreement
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to find a way between extremes
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to cause impairment of
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to breach a security system
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