| compromise | |
| 1. n. The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions. | |
| 2. n. A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender. | |
| a compromise of character or right | |
| 3. n. In data security, a violation of the security system such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself. | |
| 4. v. To bind by mutual agreement. | |
| 5. v. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To find a way between extremes. | |
| 7. v. 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. | |
| 8. v. To cause impairment of. | |
| 9. v. To breach (a security system). | |
| He tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password. | |
