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compromise

Definition for compromise

verb as in come to an agreement

verb as in put in jeopardy

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Hamby said he believes solutions lie in a compromise between the upper and lower states, but that will require all of them to stop clinging to “their most aggressive and rigid dreamland legal positions.”

But the compromises that scaled it back are the reason the bill passed, they said.

But in imposing curfews and dismissing UN casualty reports, the government could be signalling that it may double down on repression rather than compromise.

From BBC

A report from the CST, issued this week into ugly scenes at the Conference League semi-final second leg against Djurgarden last season, found safety had been "repeatedly compromised" at the match.

From BBC

When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, it emerged with several well-known flaws resulting from partisan compromises.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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