a middle way between two extremes

[ Syn: via media ]

an accommodation in which both sides make concessions; the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual''

make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise'

settle by concession

expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy'