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A settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions.
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The result of such a settlement.
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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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A concession to something detrimental or pejorative: a compromise of morality.
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To arrive at a settlement by making concessions.
(verb-intransitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.