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- verb To find a
compromise between two conflicting things.
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synonyms (113)
Words with the same meaning
- accommodate
- adjust
- amortize
- average
- average out
- avoid extremes
- balance
- balance the books
- be conservative
- be heavy
- be moderate
- be pacifistic
- book
- cancel
- capitalize
- carry
- carry over
- carry weight
- cast up accounts
- charge off
- clear
- close out
- close the books
- compensate
- compose
- compound
- compromise
- coordinate
- cop out
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- countervail
- credit
- debit
- discharge
- docket
- duck responsibility
- enter
- equalize
- equate
- evade responsibility
- even
- even up
- fit
- give and take
- give way
- go fifty-fifty
- have weight
- heft
- hold the scales
- honor
- integrate
- journalize
- keep books
- keep the peace
- keep within bounds
- keep within compass
- level
- lie heavy
- lift
- liquidate
- live temperately
- log
- make a deal
- make accounts square
- make an adjustment
- make an entry
- make concessions
- meet halfway
- minute
- not make waves
- not resist
- note
- pair off
- pay in full
- pay off
- pay the bill
- pay the shot
- pay up
- play politics
- poise
- post
- post up
- practice nonviolence
- practice self-control
- preserve a balance
- proportion
- reach a compromise
- redeem
- relent
- remit
- retire
- satisfy
- settle
- settle down
- sober down
- split the difference
- square
- square accounts
- strike a bargain
- surrender
- take in sail
- take the average
- take the mean
- take up
- tip the scales
- via media
- weigh
- weigh heavy
- weigh in
- weigh out
- weight
- yield
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