compromising Definition

compromise
noun

1. A settlement of differences agreed upon after concessions have been made on each side.

Thesaurus: concession, trade-off, bargain, accommodation, accord, cooperation, settlement; Antonym: disagreement, intransigence.
2. Anything of an intermediate type which comes halfway between two opposing stages.

verb compromised, compromising

intr
1. To make concessions; to reach a compromise.

Thesaurus: negotiate, arbitrate, meet halfway, settle, agree.
2. To endanger or expose to scandal, by acting indiscreetly.

Thesaurus: endanger, jeopardize, imperil, hazard.
3a. To settle (a dispute) by making concessions;
3b. To relax (one's principles, etc).

Etymology: 15c: from French compromis, from Latin compromittere to promise reciprocally.