Compromise

1. n. A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.
2. n. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. v. i. To agree; to accord.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.