compromise

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.

   “But basely yielded upon compromise / That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows.”

   “All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.”

   “An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions.”

   “That's the nature of compromises. They truly satisfy no one.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.

   “a compromise of character or right”

   “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.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.

verb

1. (ambitransitive)To bind by mutual agreement.

   “Laban and himself were compromised / That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied / Should fall as Jacob's hire.”

2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.

   “The controversy may easily be compromised.”

3. (intransitive)To find a way between extremes.
4. 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”

5. (transitive)To cause impairment of.
6. (transitive)To breach (a security system).

   “They tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.”

name

1. A township in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.