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1. Vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion
   "she found herself in a compromising situation"
    
2. Making or willing to make concessions
   "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet";
   - conciliatory, flexible

1. Make an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
   "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"
    
2. Decide on a middle way between extremes or a balance between otherwise conflicting choices; settle for less than optimal
   "we won't compromise on safety";"
    
3. Expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
   "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"

See also: vulnerable, yielding

Type of: agree, determine, endanger, expose, peril, queer [informal], scupper, settle, square off, square up

Encyclopedia: Compromise