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1. A middle way between two extremes
   - via media, halfway house [Brit]
    
2. An accommodation in which both sides make concessions
   "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it 'business as usual'"
   - halfway house [Brit]

1. Make a compromise; arrive at a compromise
   "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"
    
2. Settle by concession
    
3. Expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
   "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"

Derived forms: compromising, compromised, compromises

Type of: accommodation, agree, cooperation, determine, endanger, expose, peril, queer, scupper, settle, square off, square up

Encyclopedia: Compromise