: settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions. The two sides were unwilling to compromise. The union and employer agreed to compromise. Confidential …

COMPROMISE definition: a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands. …

Negotiations are a two-way thing - both sides have to come to a compromise. A compromise has to be reached between all the powerful vested interests before any restoration work in the city can take place.

If you compromise with someone, you reach an agreement with them in which you both give up something that you originally wanted. You can also say that two people or groups compromise.

A compromise is a way of settling differences by everybody making concessions. If you want to stay out until 10 and your friend wants to stay out until midnight, 11 is a good compromise. Compromise …

1. a settlement of differences by mutual adjustment or modification of opposing claims, principles, demands, etc.; agreement by mutual concession. 2. the result of such a settlement. 3. something …

COMPROMISE meaning: 1 : a way of reaching agreement in which each person or group gives up something that was wanted in order to end an argument or dispute often used before another noun; …