compromising

  • (verb): To bind by mutual agreement.
  • (verb): To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
  • (verb): To find a way between extremes.
  • (verb): 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.
  • (verb): To cause impairment of.
  • (verb): To breach (a security system).
  • (adjective): Willing or able to compromise
  • (adjective): Vulnerable to suspicion
  • He tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.