Transigent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Transigent is an adjective meaning (uncommon) Willing to compromise.
Meaning
(uncommon) Willing to compromise.
More Meanings
- (uncommon) A person who is willing to compromise or to be brought to terms.
Example Sentences
As the editors of the Gazeta da Tarde explained their position, “Intransigent in principles, we are, however, transigent in facts.”
Here is Ezra Klein, explaining why Republican are suddenly looking more, shall we say, transigent on immigration than they’ve been on taxes: […]
By year's end, he was to admit that Chicago had proved to be more difficult than any place he had been; more transigent, less amenable to reason, more violent.
He is Everyman in exile, the exile in every man. A transigent man, easy, warm, thinking, he makes up in little acts of imagination for frustrations not of his making.
Word Forms
- transigents
Synonyms for transigent
Depending on context, synonyms include compromising.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include compromising, conciliatory, compromissorial, compromisable, flexible, negotious.
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