COMPROMISING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does compromising mean? 

• COMPROMISING (adjective)
  The adjective COMPROMISING has 2 senses:

1. making or willing to make concessions

2. vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion

  Familiarity information: COMPROMISING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPROMISING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Making or willing to make concessions

Synonyms:

compromising; conciliatory; flexible

Context example:

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

Similar:

yielding (tending to give in or surrender or agree)

Antonym:

uncompromising (not making concessions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion

Context example:

she found herself in a compromising situation

Similar:

vulnerable (susceptible to attack)

 Context examples 

D-methionine formulation MRX-1024 may selectively protect the oral mucosa from the toxic effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy without compromising antitumor activity.

(D-methionine Formulation MRX-1024, NCI Thesaurus)

He walked less softly among the grown dogs; his attitude toward them was less compromising.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Cardiac tamponade should usually be documented by either: Echocardiogram showing pericardial fluid and signs of tamponade such as right heart compromise, or systemic hypotension due to pericardial fluid compromising cardiac function.

(Cardiac Tamponade, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

When his companion and he had fled to some prearranged retreat—already occupied, no doubt by a confederate—the companion had persuaded him to leave so compromising an article of furniture.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The discovery of colossal barocaloric effects in a plastic crystal should bring barocaloric materials to the forefront of research and development to achieve safe environmentally friendly cooling without compromising performance.

(Green material for refrigeration identified, University of Cambridge)

Even though he knew that Arthur had discovered him, he might still flatter himself that he was safe, for the lad could not say a word without compromising his own family.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Mr. Rivers," I said, turning to him, and looking at him, as he looked at me, openly and without diffidence, "you and your sisters have done me a great service—the greatest man can do his fellow-being; you have rescued me, by your noble hospitality, from death. This benefit conferred gives you an unlimited claim on my gratitude, and a claim, to a certain extent, on my confidence. I will tell you as much of the history of the wanderer you have harboured, as I can tell without compromising my own peace of mind—my own security, moral and physical, and that of others.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

She felt herself ill-used and unfortunate, as did her father; and they were neither of them able to devise any means of lessening their expenses without compromising their dignity, or relinquishing their comforts in a way not to be borne.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Your Majesty, as I understand, became entangled with this young person, wrote her some compromising letters, and is now desirous of getting those letters back.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)