Compromise
Compromise verb - To place in danger.
Usage example: officials at the state department were concerned that his statements would compromise national security
Save
Save verb - To remove from danger or harm.
Usage example: the firefighters managed to save the family just as the burning building was collapsing
Compromise is an antonym for save.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He finds a compromise; take the Coconut with him as he goes off to save his friends!
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She won't compromise her anti-killing principles to save a friend's life, but she has no issues cheering on her teammate in battle, or blasting a guy with lightning for screwing with her.
Source: Technical Pacifist -
When Joanie asks her first husband Clinton for a divorce, he claims to have "started to think out some of this women's movement stuff" and offers a compromise to save their marriage.
Source: Comic Strip / Doonesbury
Cite this Source
Save and Compromise. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compromise/save
Compromise & Save. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compromise/save>.
Save or Compromise. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compromise/save.
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