compromising
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (2)
- making or willing to make concessions“loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet”Synonyms: conciliatoryflexible
- vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion“she found herself in a compromising situation”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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.] [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. [1913 Webster]
The controversy may easily be compromised.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances.— Motley.[1913 Webster]