compromise
Meet halfway agreement
Compromise is an agreement reached when each side gives up something it wanted.
To compromise is to settle by mutual concession: They compromised on the price.
Compromise also means to expose to risk or suspicion: The leak compromised national security.
A compromised immune system is weakened.
To find oneself in a compromising position is to be caught in circumstances that suggest misconduct.
Favorable purchase price
- negotiateDiscuss to reach agreement
- mediateFacilitate agreement between disputants
- arbitrateSettle as impartial judge
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
diplomacy · talks · deal-making · haggling · parley · consultation · deliberation · discussion
Shared position between parties
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- accordHarmony between parties
- dealAgreement or distribution
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
pact · understanding · reconciliation · middle ground · common ground · consensus · covenant · contract
Produce or relinquish
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
- relentCease resistance or severity
- acquiesceSubmit without protest
- deferDelay or submit
budge · give in · back down · meet halfway · split the difference · capitulate · surrender · cede
Position between extremes
- halfwayAt the midpoint
- midpointExact center between two
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- equilibriumState of balance
moderation · median · golden mean · trade-off · split the difference · equidistant · neutral · moderate
Breaking of agreement
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- exposureState of being unprotected
- riskPossibility of harm
- leakEscape through a breach
disclosure · weakness · infiltration · intrusion · hack · exploit · jeopardize · endanger
bargain
Favorable purchase price
- negotiateDiscuss to reach agreement
- mediateFacilitate agreement between disputants
- arbitrateSettle as impartial judge
dialogue · diplomacy · talks · deal-making · haggling · parley · consultation · deliberation · discussion · summit
agreement
Shared position between parties
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- accordHarmony between parties
- dealAgreement or distribution
arrangement · pact · understanding · reconciliation · middle ground · common ground · consensus · covenant · contract · terms
yield
Produce or relinquish
defer · budge · give in · back down · meet halfway · split the difference · capitulate · surrender · cede · relinquish
middle ground
Position between extremes
equilibrium · moderation · median · golden mean · trade-off · split the difference · equidistant · neutral · moderate · intermediate
breach
Breaking of agreement
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- exposureState of being unprotected
- riskPossibility of harm
leak · disclosure · weakness · infiltration · intrusion · hack · exploit · jeopardize · endanger · undermine
taint
Make impure
weaken · damage · impair · debase · sully · tarnish · diminish · degrade · erode · betray
- life skillsreading, writing, cooking, cleaning, laundry
- negotiationbargaining, bargain, negotiate, mediation, conciliation
- agreementagree, accord, yes, yeah, yep
- agreementshandshake, contract, nod, accords, verbal consent
- compromisemiddle ground, meet halfway, give and take, give-and-take, common ground
- conflict responsesavoidance, confrontation, accommodation, aggression, withdrawal
compromiseintransigence
Refusal to compromise
inflexibility · rigidity · obstinacy · stubbornness · total victory
- political compromiseNegotiated settlement between factions
- Missouri Compromise1820 slavery boundary legislation
- bipartisan compromiseAgreement between opposing parties
- moral compromise
- Compromise of 1850Five bills balancing slave-state interests
- three-fifths compromiseConstitutional slave enumeration formula
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