Compromise and Harm

Compromise

Compromise verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

Usage example: the deletion of several critical points for space considerations really compromised the essay

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Harm and compromise are semantically related. in undermine topic. In some cases you can use "Harm" instead a verb "Compromise".

Nearby Words: compromising, compromised, compromiser, compromizing, compromized

Harm verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

Usage example: the company's reputation has been harmed by allegations of crooked accounting

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Compromise and harm are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compromise" instead a verb "Harm".

Nearby Words: harmful, harmed, harmless, harmfully, harming

emotional	emotional compromise	emotional harm
good	good compromise	good harm
nice	nice compromise	nice harm
actual	actual compromise	actual harm
Other adjectives: extreme, great, little, bad, potential, possible, apparent, undue, intentional.

friend	compromise friend	harm friend
people	compromise people	harm people
family	compromise family	harm family
reputation	compromise reputation	harm reputation
Other words: career, way, chances.

Phase Three is the later stage, with heroes now policing one another, villains becoming competent enough to score real and permanent victories, and heroes begin dying or suffering other permanent harm while others compromise their convictions when faced with possible disaster.

Source: Franchise / Marvel Cinematic Universe
In Enchanted Parade, she rattles off a number of variations on "I mean no harm" after she accidentally tears Lotte's ancestral music scroll in half and drives a wedge between herself and the rest with her refusal to compromise.

Source: Anime / Little Witch Academia
A combination of acting and realistic mock-ups show the various robots taking incredible amounts of damage but never flinching or showing pain (at least beyond reacting to the impact of weapons and harm that is enough to compromise their structure).

Source: Franchise / Terminator

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