[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

compromise \com"promise\, v. t. imp.  p. p. compromised; p.
   pr.  vb. n. compromising. from compromise, n.; cf.
   compromit.
   1. to bind by mutual agreement; to agree. obs.
      1913 webster

            laban and himself were compromised
            that all the eanlings which were streaked and pied
            should fall as jacob's hire.          --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
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            the controversy may easily be compromised. --fuller.
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   3. to pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the
      life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be
      recalled; to expose to suspicion.
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            to pardon all who had been compromised in the late
            disturbances.                         --motley.
      1913 webster
see also:
compromised compromising compromise compromit 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

compromising
     adj 1: making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore
            through him...whenever he thought of...even the
            compromising louis du tillet" syn: conciliatory, flexible
            ant: uncompromising
     2: vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion;
        "she found herself in a compromising situation"
see also:
conciliatory flexible uncompromising 

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