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compromise
noun
1 compromise
A middle way between two extremes.
synonym: via media.
Roget 774:
compromise,
commutation,
composition;
middle term,
mezzo termine [It];
compensation
etc.
30;
abatement of differences,
adjustment,
mutual concession.
Roget 769:
compact,
contract,
agreement,
bargain;
affidation†;
pact,
paction†;
bond,
covenant,
indenture;
bundobast†,
deal.
stipulation,
settlement,
convention;
compromise,
cartel.
Protocol,
treaty,
concordat,
Zollverein [G.],
Sonderbund [G.],
charter,
Magna Charta [Lat.],
Progmatic Sanction,
customs union,
free trade region;
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
GATT;
most favored nation status.
negotiation
etc.
(bargaining)
794;
diplomacy
etc.
(mediation)
724;
negotiator
etc.
(agent)
758.
ratification,
completion,
signature,
seal,
sigil [Lat.],
signet.
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Roget 952:
atonement,
reparation;
compromise,
composition;
compensation
etc.
30;
quittance,
quits;
expiation,
redemption,
reclamation,
conciliation,
propitiation;
indemnification,
redress.
amends,
apology,
amende honorable†,
satisfaction;
peace offering,
sin offering,
burnt offering;
scapegoat,
sacrifice.
penance,
fasting,
maceration,
sackcloth and ashes,
white sheet,
shrift,
flagellation,
lustration†;
purgation,
purgatory.
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Roget 628:
middle course,
midcourse;
mean
etc.
29;
middle
etc.
68;
juste milieu [Fr.],
mezzo termine [It],
golden mean,
ariston metron [Gr.],
aurea mediocritas [Lat.].
straight
etc.
(direct)
278,
straight course,
straight path;
short cut,
cross cut;
great circle sailing.
neutrality;
half measure,
half and half measures;
compromise.
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Roget 30:
compensation,
equation;
commutation;
indemnification;
compromise;
etc.
774
neutralization,
nullification;
counteraction
etc.
179;
reaction;
measure for measure,
retaliation,
etc.
718
equalization;
etc.
27;
robbing Peter to pay Paul.
set-off,
offset;
make-weight,
casting-weight;
counterpoise,
ballast;
indemnity,
equivalent,
quid pro quo;
bribe,
hush money;
amends
etc.
(atonement)
952;
counterbalance,
counterclaim;
cross-debt,
cross-demand.
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Roget 29:
mean,
average;
median,
mode;
balance,
medium,
mediocrity,
generality;
golden mean
etc.
(mid-course)
628;
middle
etc.
68;
compromise
etc.
774;
middle course,
middle state;
neutrality.
mediocrity,
least common denominator.
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Roget 724:
mediation,
mediatorship†,
mediatization†;
intervention,
interposition,
interference,
intermeddling,
intercession;
arbitration;
flag of truce
etc.
723;
good offices,
peace offering;
parley,
negotiation;
diplomatics†,
diplomacy;
compromise
etc.
774.
[person who mediates]
mediator,
arbitrator,
intercessor,
peacemaker,
makepeace†,
negotiator,
go-between;
diplomatist
etc.
(consignee)
758;
moderator;
propitiator;
umpire.
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Roget 723:
pacification,
conciliation;
reconciliation,
reconcilement;
shaking of hands,
accommodation,
arrangement,
adjustment;
terms,
compromise;
amnesty,
deed of release.
peace offering;
olive branch;
calumet of peace,
preliminaries of peace.
truce,
armistice;
suspension of arms,
suspension of hostilities,
stand-down;
breathing time;
convention;
modus vivendi [Lat.];
flag of truce,
white flag,
parlementaire [Fr.],
cartel†.
hollow truce,
pax in bello [Lat.];
drawn battle.
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Dutch: bemiddelingsvoorstel
2 compromise
An accommodation in which both sides make concessions.
Dutch: compromis, dading, schikking, vergelijk
Polish: kompromis
verb
1 compromise
Make a compromise; arrive at a compromise.
Roget 665:
be in danger
etc.
adj.;
be exposed to danger,
run into danger,
incur danger,
encounter danger
etc.
n.;
run a risk;
lay oneself open to
etc.
(liability)
177;
lean on a broken reed,
trust to a broken reed;
feel the ground sliding from under one,
have to run for it;
have the chances against one,
have the odds against one,
face long odds;
be in deep trouble,
be between a rock and a hard place.
hang by a thread,
totter;
sleep on a volcano,
stand on a volcano;
sit on a barrel of gunpowder,
live in a glass house.
bring in danger,
place in danger,
put in danger,
place in jeopardy,
put in jeopardy
etc.
n.;
endanger,
expose to danger,
imperil;
jeopard†,
jeopardize;
compromise;
sail too near the wind
etc.
(rash)
863.
adventure,
risk,
hazard,
venture,
stake,
set at hazard;
run the gauntlet
etc.
(dare)
861;
engage in a forlorn hope.
threaten danger
etc.
909;
run one hard;
lay a trap for
etc.
(deceive)
545.
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Roget 774:
compromise,
commute,
compound;
take the mean;
split the difference,
meet one halfway,
give and take;
come to terms
etc.
(contract)
769;
submit to arbitration,
abide by arbitration;
patch up,
bridge over,
arrange;
straighten out,
adjust,
differences,
agree;
make the best of,
make a virtue of necessity;
take the will for the deed.
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Roget 769:
contract,
covenant,
agree for;
engage
etc.
(promise)
768.
treat,
negotiate,
stipulate,
make terms;
bargain
etc.
(barter)
794.
make a bargain,
strike a bargain;
come to terms,
come to an understanding;
compromise
etc.
774;
set at rest;
close,
close with;
conclude,
complete,
settle;
confirm,
ratify,
clench,
subscribe,
underwrite;
endorse,
indorse;
put the seal to;
sign,
seal
etc.
(attest)
467;
indent.
take one at one's word,
bargain by inch of candle.
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Roget 628:
keep in a middle course,
preserve a middle course,
preserve an even course,
go straight
etc.
(direct)
278.
go halfway,
compromise,
make a compromise.
Roget 605:
be irresolute
etc.
adj.;
hang in suspense,
keep in suspense;
leave "ad referendum";
think twice about,
pause;
dawdle
etc.
(inactivity)
683;
remain neuter;
dillydally,
hesitate,
boggle,
hover,
dacker†,
hum and haw,
demur,
not know one's own mind;
debate,
balance;
dally with,
coquet with;
will and will not,
chaser-balancer†;
go halfway,
compromise,
make a compromise;
be thrown off one's balance,
stagger like a drunken man;
be afraid
etc.
860;
let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would'"
[Macbeth];
falter,
waver vacillate
etc.
149;
change
etc.
140;
retract
etc.
607;
fluctuate;
pendulate†;
alternate
etc.
(oscillate)
314;
keep off and on,
play fast and loose;
blow hot and cold
etc.
(caprice)
608.
shuffle,
palter,
blink;
trim.
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2 compromise
Settle by concession.
Dutch: tussenoplossing, vergelijk, compromis, plooien
3 compromise
Expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute.
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