Compromising

Quick meaning: Compromising is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of compromise.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of compromise.

More Meanings

1. Willing or able to make a compromise.
2. That compromises somebody or something; incriminating.
3. The act by which something is compromised.

Example Sentences

A compromising photograph of the president was sold to the newspapers.

There hath been much of treason, And much of violence and shame, To the old worship of that spring-life season; And compromisings of a sacred claim!

Word Forms

• compromisings

Synonyms for compromising

Depending on context, synonyms include transigent, vulnerable, flexible, conciliatory, yielding.

Antonyms for compromising

Common opposites include inflexible, uncompromising.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conciliatory, yielding, vulnerable, flexible, committing, haggling.

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