What does compromising mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. compromising, conciliatory, flexibleadjective

    making or willing to make concessions

    "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"

  2. compromisingadjective

    vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion

    "she found herself in a compromising situation"

Wiktionary

  1. compromisingadjective

    Willing or able to compromise

  2. compromisingadjective

    vulnerable to suspicion

Webster Dictionary

  1. Compromising

    of Compromise

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of compromising in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of compromising in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of compromising in a Sentence

  1. Jeff Paine:

    This would give the regime sweeping powers to monitor online traffic in the name of an emergency or as a preventive measure, potentially compromising private and corporate data.

  2. Kevin McCarthy:

    Why are we compromising when we just sent him a bill? You know how Congress works. The House passes a bill, the Senate passes a bill and we go to conference.

  3. Robin Barton:

    I'm not angry or upset with her, and I forgive her because she was a young woman in a very compromising position.

  4. William Buchta:

    We simply need to get the message out to health care workers that they are at risk but can almost eliminate that risk without compromising the care they deliver.

  5. Donald Trump:

    The Russians can use compromising material in a variety of ways, sometimes overtly, sometimes subtly.

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    an attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity
    • A. profaneness
    • B. larceny
    • C. instigation
    • D. sousing

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