compromise

compromise
Synonyms and related words:
Eisenhower Doctrine, Monroe Doctrine, Nixon Doctrine, Truman Doctrine, accommodate, accommodation, adjust, adjustment, agreement, amends, appeasement, arrange matters, arrangement, atonement, balance of power, bargain, blast, blight, bring to terms, bring together, brinkmanship, center, coexistence, colonialism, compact, compensation, compose, composition, composition of differences, compound, containment, contract, cool, cop out, detente, deterrence, diplomacy, diplomatic, diplomatics, dollar diplomacy, dollar imperialism, duck responsibility, encounter danger, endanger, evade responsibility, expansionism, expiation, expiatory offering, expose, fence, fix up, foreign affairs, foreign policy, gamble, gamble with, give and take, give way, go fifty-fifty, golden mean, good-neighbor policy, half measures, half-and-half measures, halfway measures, happy medium, harmonize, hazard, heal the breach, imperialism, imperil, incur danger, indemnification, indemnity, internationalism, isolationism, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, lay open, make a deal, make an adjustment, make concessions, making amends, making good, making right, making up, manifest destiny, mar, mean, mediate, medium, meet halfway, menace, middle course, middle ground, middle way, militarism, moderateness, moderation, nationalism, neocolonialism, neutral ground, neutralism, nonresistance, open door, open-door policy, pact, patch things up, peace offensive, peace offering, peaceful coexistence, peril, piaculum, play havoc with, play politics, preparedness, propitiation, put in danger, put in jeopardy, put in tune, queer, quittance, reach a compromise, reclamation, recompense, reconcile, redemption, redress, reparation, resolution, resolve, restitution, restore harmony, reunite, risk, ruin, satisfaction, settle, settle differences, settlement, shirt-sleeve diplomacy, shuttle diplomacy, smooth it over, spheres of influence, split the difference, spoil, squaring, strike a balance, strike a bargain, surrender, take the mean, terms, the big stick, tough policy, understanding, via media, weave peace between, world politics, yield

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  • COMPROMISE — (Heb. פְּשָׁרָה, pesharah; apparently derived from the term pesher, solution, Eccles. 8:1), deciding a civil law dispute (dinei mamonot) by the court or an arbitral body, through the exercise of their discretion and not according to the laws… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • compromise — com·pro·mise 1 n: an agreement resolving differences by mutual concessions esp. to prevent or end a lawsuit compromise 2 vb mised, mis·ing vt: to resolve or dispose of by a compromise cases in which a dispute is compromised E. A. Farnsworth and W …   Law dictionary

  • Compromise — Com pro*mise, n. [F. compromis, fr. L. compromissum a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to make such a promise; com + promittere to promise. See {Promise}.] 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • compromise — [n] agreement, give and take accommodation, accord, adjustment, arrangement, bargain, compact, composition, concession, contract, copout*, covenant, deal, fifty fifty*, half and half, half measure, happy medium*, mean, middle course, middle… …   New thesaurus

  • compromise — [käm′prə mīz΄] n. [ME & OFr compromis < LL compromissum, a compromise, mutual promise < L compromissus, pp. of compromittere, to make a mutual promise to abide by an arbiter s decision < com , together + promittere, to PROMISE] 1. a… …   English World dictionary

  • 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.] [1913 Webster] Laban and himself were compromised That all the eanlings… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Compromise — Com pro*mise, v. i. 1. To agree; to accord. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To make concession for conciliation and peace. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • compromise — (n.) early 15c., a joint promise to abide by an arbiter s decision, from M.Fr. compromis (13c.), from L. compromissus, pp. of compromittere to make a mutual promise (to abide by an arbiter s decision), from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) +… …   Etymology dictionary

  • compromise — ► NOUN 1) an agreement reached by each side making concessions. 2) an intermediate state between conflicting opinions, reached by mutual concession. ► VERB 1) settle a dispute by mutual concession. 2) expediently accept standards that are lower… …   English terms dictionary

  • compromise — ▪ I. compromise com‧pro‧mise 1 [ˈkɒmprəmaɪz ǁ ˈkɑːm ] noun [countable, uncountable] an agreement between two people or groups in which both sides agree to accept less than they first asked for and to give up something that they value: •… …   Financial and business terms

  • compromise — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acceptable, fair, good, happy (esp. BrE), possible, pragmatic, reasonable, sensible, suitable ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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