compromising

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compromising - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Compromise \Com"pro*mise\, 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.]
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              Laban and himself were compromised
              That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied
              Should fall as Jacob's hire.          --Shak.
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     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.
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compromising - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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