AskDefine | Define compromising

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compromising adj
1 making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" [syn: conciliatory, flexible] [ant: uncompromising]
2 vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion; "she found herself in a compromising situation"

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Verb

compromising
  1. present participle of compromise

Adjective

  1. Willing or able to compromise
  2. vulnerable to suspicion
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