compromising Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; we all must compromise"
   compromise.
   
   • nobody will get everything he wants
2. verb settle by concession
   compromise.
   
3. verb expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
   compromise.
   
   • The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy
4. adjective making or willing to make concessions
   flexible; conciliatory.
   
   • loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet
5. adjective satellite vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion
   
   • she found herself in a compromising situation

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