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Adjective compromising has 2 senses

compromising, conciliatory, flexible - making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
Antonyms: uncompromising, inflexible, hard-line, hardline, unyielding
compromising - vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion; "she found herself in a compromising situation"
Antonym: invulnerable (indirect, via vulnerable)

Verb compromise has 3 senses

compromise - make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"
--₁ is one way to agree

Derived forms: noun compromise₂, noun compromise₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
compromise - settle by concession
--₂ is one way to settle, square off, square up, determine

Derived forms: noun compromise₂, noun compromise₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
compromise - expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"
--₃ is one way to queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something