Commit and Compromise

• (v.t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
• (v.t.) To confound.
• (v.i.) To sin; especially, to be incontinent.
• (v.t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
• (v.t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
• (v.t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
• (v.t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin or fault.

verb

• Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
  • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • synonyms: perpetrate, pull
• Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
  • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
• Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
  • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • synonyms: institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
• Confer a trust upon.
  • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide
• Make an investment.
  • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • synonyms: invest, put, place
• Engage in or perform.
  • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
  • synonyms: practice

(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

noun

• A middle way between two extremes.
  • synonyms: via media
• An accommodation in which both sides make concessions.
  • usage: "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'"

verb

• Make a compromise; arrive at a compromise.
  • usage: "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"
• Settle by concession.
• Expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute.
  • usage: "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"

• (n.) To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) To bind by mutual agreement; to agree.
• (n.) 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.
• (v.i.) To make concession for conciliation and peace.
• (v.i.) To agree; to accord.
• (n.) A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
• (n.) A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.

(DoD) The known or suspected exposure of clandestine personnel, installations, or other assets or of classified information or material, to an unauthorized person.