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
Mend is an antonym for compromise.
Mend
Common collocations
| family | compromise family | mend family |
| reputation | compromise reputation | mend reputation |
| way | compromise way | mend way |
| ways | compromise ways | mend ways |
| Other words: promises. | ||
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Mend and Compromise. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compromise/mend
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Mend or Compromise. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compromise/mend.
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