compromise

Roget category 774

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.8. Conditional intersocial volition
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#774. Compromise

noun

compromise, commutation, composition — middle term, mezzo termine [It] — compensation etc. 30 — abatement of differences, adjustment, mutual concession.

verb

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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