compromise
/ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/ verbe B2En français : compromettre
- To bind by mutual agreement.
- To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
- To find a way between extremes.
- 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.
- To cause impairment of.
- To illegally expose.
- To breach (a security system). · They tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.
He/she/it compromises · Prétérit compromised · Participe passé compromised · Forme en -ing compromising
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- compromise
- He/she/it
- compromises
- Prétérit
- compromised
- Participe passé
- compromised
- Forme en -ing
- compromising
Dans la bibliothèque
“Oh, you can give me this without compromising yourself.”
“You found something compromising?”
Then there will be no blood, no groans, no convulsions, and above all, no consciousness of that horrid and compromising moment of accomplishing the act,—then one escapes the clutch of the human law, which says, ‘Do not disturb society!’ This is the mode in which they manage these things, and succeed in Eastern climes, where there are grave and phlegmatic persons who care very little for the questions of time in conjunctures of importance.”
“No, I am pleased—so pleased that I wished to congratulate you; but as I am not quite properly dressed, I chose my opportunity, that I might not compromise you.”
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