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Antonyms for compromise

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kom-pruh-mahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒm prəˌmaɪz

Definition of compromise

Origin :
  • early 15c., "a joint promise to abide by an arbiter's decision," from Middle French compromis (13c.), from Latin compromissus, past participle of compromittere "to make a mutual promise" (to abide by the arbiter's decision), from com- "together" (see com-) + promittere (see promise). The main modern sense of "a coming to terms" is from extension to the settlement itself (late 15c.).
  • noun agreement, give-and-take
  • verb give and take
  • verb put in jeopardy
Example sentences :
  • And these will be our first priorities, and on these principles, there will be no compromise.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The shifty, ungenerous spirit of compromise awoke in Raymount.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He was trying to solve his problem and Tillie's, and what he had found was no solution, but a compromise.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • When she found him determined, she made the compromise that her condition necessitated.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • So Jason with much ado was brought to agree to a compromise.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • One thing is certain about roughing it for a woman:—there is no compromise.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • Do you come, on the part of the young man, to propose a compromise?
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • At last, Csar hit on a compromise which seemed to him a singularly happy one.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • Such absolute and lofty ideas they are, that they can descend to no compromise.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • But they realised that anything like flight might only compromise them the more.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for compromise

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