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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 813 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from See also:
LAT
Lat. compromittere) , a See also:

TERM

term, meaning strictly a See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint agreement, which has come to signify such a See also:

settlement as involves a mutual See also:

ADJUSTMENT (from late Lat. ad juxtare, derived from juxta, near, but early confounded with a supposed derivation from justus, right)

adjustment, with a surrender of See also:

PART

part of each party's claim. From the See also:

ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element of danger involved has arisen an invidious sense of the word, imputing discredit, so that being " compromised " commonly means injured in reputation.

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