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compromise
noun as in agreement, give-and-take
Strongest matches
accommodation, accord, adjustment, arrangement, bargain, concession, deal, pact, settlement, understanding
Weak matches
fifty-fifty, half measure, half-and-half, happy medium, middle course, middle ground, win-win situation
verb as in come to an agreement
Strong matches
adjust, arbitrate, compose, compound, concede, conciliate, give and take, settle
Example Sentences
It describes situations where the support provided was "inadequate" and midwives felt "professionally compromised" because of a staffing shortfall:
Dispiriting, because all of the disappointments and ugly compromises of retail politics are in full view.
Trying to find compromise when the other side views politics and political life and society as a zero-sum game and in doing so rejects democracy and pluralism is an act of surrender.
The team’s struggles trying to find the right compromise was a guaranteed challenge, the early-season buy-in and execution were sure to suffer once old habits resurfaced.
The Housing Department has settled on a good compromise: setting a new maximum allowable rent increase of 5% and a new guaranteed minimum of 2%.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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