compromise

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Finally a compromise was adopted--a compromise which, as is often the case, was the very worst course which could have been adopted.

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  1. noun A settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions.
  2. noun The result of such a settlement.
  3. noun Something that combines qualities or elements of different things: The incongruous design is a compromise between high tech and early American.
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  • This compromise has been already fatal, and we are now tasting its fruits. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Memoirs of the Court of George IV., Vol. I, by The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
  • But this compromise has been abandoned for a long time ... —  t r u t h o u t
  • Let the people appoint twelve men to hold council with them, and what the most of them agree to shall be done After some further talk this compromise was agreed to But the laws of Poloeland and those of Flatland are different," said Amalatok, starting another objection. —  The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole
  • This compromise was agreed to, and thus Glynn came into possession of what appeared in his eyes a fortune of 1500 pounds Now, what am I to do with it? —  The Red Eric
  • So a compromise was agreed upon. —  A Voice in the Wilderness
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  1. Middle English compromis, from Old French, from Latin comprōmissum, mutual promise, from neuter past participle of comprōmittere, to promise mutually : com-, com- + prōmittere, to promise; see promise.

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  1. = D. Danish kompromis (= German compromiss = Swedish kompromiss, from Middle Latin), from French compromis = Provencal compromis = Spanish compromiso = Portuguese compromisso = Italian compromesso, from Middle Latin Late Latin compromissum, a compromise, orig. a mutual promise to refer to arbitration, properly neuter of Latin compromissus, past participle of compromittere, make a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter: see compromit, and cf. promise, n.
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