compromise

Noun

• an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
  • the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'
    

• a middle way between two extremes

Verb

• expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
  • The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy
    

• settle by concession

• make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; we all must compromise"
  • nobody will get everything he wants