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| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, give-and-take |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, accord, adjustment, arrangement, bargain, compact, composition, concession, contract, covenant, deal, happy medium*, mean, middle ground, pact, settlement, understanding, copout, fifty-fifty*, half and half, half measure, middle course, sellout, trade-off, win-win situation |
| Antonyms: | contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dissent, quarrel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give and take |
| Synonyms: | adjust, agree, arbitrate, compose, compound, concede, conciliate, meet halfway, negotiate, settle, find happy medium, find middle ground, go fifty-fifty, make a deal, make concession, play ball with, split the difference, strike balance, trade off |
| Antonyms: | contest, differ, disagree, dispute, dissent, quarrel |
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jeopardy |
| Synonyms: | blight, cop out*, discredit, dishonor, embarrass, endanger, explode, expose, give in, hazard, imperil, implicate, jeopardize, mar, menace, peril, prejudice, risk, ruin, sell out, spoil, weaken, put under suspicion |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accommodation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adjustment for different situation, circumstances |
| Synonyms: | adaptation, compliance, composition, compromise, conformity, fitting, modification, reconciliation, settlement, fifty-fifty deal |
| Main Entry: | adjustment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial retribution, payment of claim |
| Synonyms: | agreement, allotment, apportionment, benefit, compensation, compromise, pay, reconciliation, reimbursement, remuneration, settlement, share, stake, stipulation |
| Main Entry: | agreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concurrence |
| Synonyms: | accession, accommodation, accord, adjustment, affiliation, affinity, alliance, amity, arbitration, arrangement, bargaining, compatibility, compliance, compromise, concert, concession, concord, conformity, congruity, consistency, correspondence, harmony, mediation, reconciliation, similarity, sympathy, understanding, union, unison, verification, verifying, acceding, accordance, acknowledging, approving, assenting, authorizing, complying, concordance, concurring, endorsing, granting, ratifying, suitableness |
| Antonyms: | disagreement |
| Main Entry: | agreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | document of concurrence, contract |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, adjudication, affidavit, approval, arrangement, assent, avowal, bargain, bond, cartel, charter, codicil, compact, compromise, confirmation, covenant, deal, indenture, lease, negotiation, note, oath, okay, pact, protocol, recognition, settlement, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding, writ, piece of paper, the nod |
| Main Entry: | appeasement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | satisfaction; pacification |
| Synonyms: | abatement, accommodation, adjustment, amends, compromise, concession, grant, lessening, mitigation, moderation, peace offering, reconciliation, reparation, restoration, settlement, softening, solace, soothing, acceding, alleviation, assuagement, blunting, conciliation, easing, lulling, mollification, placation, propitiation, quelling, quenching, quieting, tranquilization |
| Antonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, irritation, provocation, resistance |
| Main Entry: | arbitration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settlement of dispute |
| Synonyms: | adjudication, adjustment, agreement, compromise, decision, determination, judgment, mediation |
| Main Entry: | arrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make plans, often involving agreement |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, agree to, blueprint, chart, compromise, concert, construct, contrive, decide, design, determine, devise, direct, draft, establish, frame*, harmonize, iron out*, lay out, manage, negotiate, organize, prepare, project, promote, provide, resolve, schedule, scheme, settle, tailor, work out, come to terms, get act together, get ready, hammer out a deal, line up, make a connection, make ready, map out, pull a wire, pull things together, quarterback, set stage, shape up, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | disorganize, not plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrangement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an understanding |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, agreement, compact, compromise, deal, game plan*, layout*, organization, package*, package deal, plan, preparation, provision, schedule, settlement, setup, terms, frame-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | negotiate terms of sale or agreement |
| Synonyms: | agree, arrange, barter, buy, compromise, confer, contract, covenant, deal, dicker, haggle, palter, promise, sell, stipulate, trade, traffic, transact, do business, make terms |
| Main Entry: | concession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yielding, adjustment |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, allowance, assent, authorization, boon, compromise, confession, deal, grant, indulgence, permission, permit, privilege, surrender, warrant, buyback, copout, giveback, giving in, rollback, sellout, trade-off |
| Antonyms: | denial, difference, disagreement, disputation, fighting, protest, refusal, repudiation |
| Main Entry: | deal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, bargain |
| Synonyms: | accord, arrangement, buy, compromise, conception, contract, pact, pledge, transaction, understanding, prearrangement |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, misunderstanding |
| Main Entry: | decision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion; resolution reached |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, accord, adjudication, adjustment, agreement, arbitration, arrangement, choice, compromise, declaration, determination, end, finding, judgment, opinion, outcome, preference, reconciliation, resolution, result, ruling, selection, sentence, settlement, showdown, understanding, verdict, adjudicature, prearrangement, the call, the nod |
| Antonyms: | deferment, delay, indecision, postponement, deferral |
| Main Entry: | embroil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve in dispute; complicate |
| Synonyms: | compromise, confound, confuse, derange, disorder, disturb, disunite, encumber, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, implicate, incriminate, involve, mire, mix up, muddle, perplex, snarl, tangle, trouble, cause trouble |
| Antonyms: | exclude, uncomplicate |
| Main Entry: | entangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve, mix up |
| Synonyms: | bewilder, burden, catch, clog, come on, complicate, compromise, confuse, corner, dishevel, embarrass, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle, duke in, embrangle, enchain, intertangle, lead on, rope in |
| Antonyms: | disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist |
| Main Entry: | give-and-take |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mutual concession |
| Synonyms: | adaptability, banter, collaboration, compromise, concession, cooperation, exchange, offset, reciprocity, settlement, swap, trade, deal-making, trade-off, wheeling and dealing |
| Main Entry: | imperil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to be in danger |
| Synonyms: | compromise, endanger, expose, hazard, jeopardize, jeopardy, menace, peril, risk, chance it, jeopard |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | implicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply, involve |
| Synonyms: | accuse, affect, associate, blame, charge, cite, compromise, concern, connect, embroil, entangle, frame, hint, impute, include, incriminate, inculpate, insinuate, lay at one's door, link, mean, mire, name, pin on, point finger at, relate, stigmatize, suggest, tangle* |
| Antonyms: | defend, pardon, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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