compromise (n.) Old form(s): compremises , compremize, comprimize
settlement, solution, amicable arrangement
1H6 V.iv.149[Richard to Charles] now the matter grows to compromise
MW I.i.31[Evans to Shallow, of Falstaff] [I] will be glad ... to make atonements and compromises between you
R2 II.i.253[Northumberland to Ross and Willoughby, of King Richard] But basely yielded upon compromise / That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows
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