compromises
Mutual agreement points
Compromises are settlements reached by mutual concession—each side gives up something to resolve a dispute.
The word also names things that fall short of an ideal: The design was a compromise between cost and quality.
To compromise is to reach such an agreement, or to damage reputation or security: The leak compromised the investigation.
A compromised system has been breached.
Bending under pressure
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- middle-groundIntermediate position between extremes
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
adjustment · flexibility · conciliation · softening · moderation · acquiescence · forbearance · leniency
Resolved dispute or colony
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- accordHarmony between parties
- dealAgreement or distribution
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
negotiation · bargain · understanding · pact · reconciliation · mediation · consensus · truce
yielding
Bending under pressure
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- middle-groundIntermediate position between extremes
sacrifice · adjustment · flexibility · conciliation · softening · moderation · acquiescence · forbearance · leniency · tolerance
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- accordHarmony between parties
- dealAgreement or distribution
arrangement · negotiation · bargain · understanding · pact · reconciliation · mediation · consensus · truce · entente
jeopardize
Put at risk
risk · expose · threaten · impair · sabotage · taint · discredit · harm · endanger · corrupt
- tough choicestradeoffs, sacrifices, work-life balance, needs versus wants, catch-22
- understandingsagreements, accords, pacts, treaties, deals
- peace talksceasefire talks, peace treaty, peace agreement, peace accord, peace deal
- workaroundsworkaround, workarounds, fixes, hacks, quick fix
- life choicescareer change, career choice, college choice, family planning, childfree
- Limitationsflaws, defects, bugs, glitches, restrictions
compromisesunconditional surrenders
Submissions without negotiated terms
standoffs · deadlocks · stalemates · impasses · capitulations
compromisesholds firm
holds fast · digs in · intransigence · inflexibility · insists
- 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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