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Compromise vs. Commitment — What's the Difference?

Compromise vs. Commitment — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Compromise and Commitment

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Compromise

To compromise is to make a deal between different parties where each party gives up part of their demand. In arguments, compromise is a concept of finding agreement through communication, through a mutual acceptance of terms—often involving variations from an original goal or desires.

Commitment

The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.
The company's commitment to quality
I could not fault my players for commitment

Compromise

An agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
Eventually they reached a compromise
The secret of a happy marriage is compromise

Commitment

An engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action
With so many business commitments time for recreation was limited

Compromise

The expedient acceptance of standards that are lower than is desirable
Sexism should be tackled without compromise
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Commitment

The act of referring a legislative bill to committee.

Compromise

Settle a dispute by mutual concession
In the end we compromised and deferred the issue

Commitment

Official consignment, as to a prison or mental health facility.

Compromise

Expediently accept standards that are lower than is desirable
We were not prepared to compromise on safety

Commitment

A court order authorizing consignment to a prison.

Compromise

Bring into disrepute or danger by indiscreet, foolish, or reckless behaviour
Situations in which his troops could be compromised

Commitment

A pledge or obligation, as to follow a certain course of action
A public official's commitment to uphold the Constitution.

Compromise

A settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions.

Commitment

Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.

Compromise

The result of such a settlement.

Commitment

The state of being emotionally or intellectually devoted, as to a belief, a course of action, or another person
A profound commitment to the family.

Compromise

Something that combines qualities or elements of different things
The incongruous design is a compromise between high tech and early American.

Commitment

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

Compromise

A weakening or reduction of one's principles or standards
A compromise of morality.

Commitment

The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.

Compromise

Impairment, as by disease or injury
Physiological compromise.

Commitment

Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.

Compromise

To arrive at a settlement by making concessions.

Commitment

Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:

Compromise

To reduce the quality, value, or degree of something, such as one's ideals.

Commitment

Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.

Compromise

To expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
A secret mission that was compromised and had to be abandoned.

Commitment

Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.

Compromise

To reduce in quality, value, or degree; weaken or lower
Don't compromise your standards.

Commitment

The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.

Compromise

To impair, as by disease or injury
An immune system that was compromised by a virus.

Commitment

Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.

Compromise

To settle by mutual concessions
A dispute that was compromised.

Commitment

State of being pledged or engaged.

Compromise

The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.

Commitment

The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

Compromise

A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
A compromise of character or right

Commitment

The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.
They were glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower, whence he was within few days enlarged.

Compromise

(computer security) A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.

Commitment

A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; - more frequently termed a mittimus.

Compromise

(ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.

Commitment

The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.

Compromise

To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.

Commitment

A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.

Compromise

(intransitive) To find a way between extremes.

Commitment

The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.

Compromise

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.

Commitment

The trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose;
A man of energy and commitment

Compromise

(transitive) To cause impairment of.

Commitment

The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;
His long commitment to public service
They felt no loyalty to a losing team

Compromise

(transitive) To breach (a security system).
They tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.

Commitment

An engagement by contract involving financial obligation;
His business commitments took him to London

Compromise

A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.

Commitment

A message that makes a pledge

Compromise

A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.
But basely yielded upon compromiseThat which his noble ancestors achieved with blows.
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions.

Commitment

The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

Compromise

A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.
I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them.

Compromise

To bind by mutual agreement; to agree.
Laban and himself were compromisedThat all the eanlings which were streaked and piedShould fall as Jacob's hire.

Compromise

To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
The controversy may easily be compromised.

Compromise

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 pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances.

Compromise

To agree; to accord.

Compromise

To make concession for conciliation and peace.

Compromise

A middle way between two extremes

Compromise

An accommodation in which both sides make concessions;
The newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'

Compromise

Make a compromise; arrive at a compromise;
Nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise

Compromise

Settle by concession

Compromise

Expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute;
The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy

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