That compromises.
a. 1850. Calhoun, Wks. (1874), II. 6. A compromising spirit, always ready to yield a part to save the residue.
1883. Athenæum, 22 Dec., 817/3. The offending sheet was cancelled and another substituted, omitting the compromising words.
Hence Compromisingly adv.
1888. N. Amer. Rev., Feb., 200. He touched it coarsely … but not compromisingly—with unmistakable condemnation.
