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Bible Dictionaries
Compromise
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.
(2):
(n.) To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
(3):
(n.) A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
(4):
(v. i.) To make concession for conciliation and peace.
(5):
(v. i.) To agree; to accord.
(6):
(n.) To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
(7):
(n.) To bind by mutual agreement; to agree.
(8):
(n.) A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Compromise'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/compromise.html. 1828.
