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• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from See also:

• LAT

Lat. compromittere)  , a See also:

• TERM

term, meaning strictly a See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint agreement, which has come to signify such a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement as involves a mutual See also:

• ADJUSTMENT (from late Lat. ad juxtare, derived from juxta, near, but early confounded with a supposed derivation from justus, right)

adjustment, with a surrender of See also:

• PART

part of each party's claim . From the See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element of danger involved has arisen an invidious sense of the word, imputing discredit, so that being " compromised " commonly means injured in reputation .