compromission
noun
com·pro·mis·sion
ˌkämprəˈmishən
plural -s
1
a
: delegation of a dispute to arbiters
b
: delegation of the right to elect to one or more persons
2
: the act or action of jeopardizing (as one's moral or ethical principles)
Word History
Etymology
Middle English compromissioun, from Medieval Latin compromission-, compromissio, from Latin compromissus (past participle of compromittere) + -ion-, -io -ion
- jus canonicum
- jus civile
- jus commercii
- jus commune
- jus connubii
- jus conubii
- jus deliberandi
- jus divinum
- jus ec
- jus ecclesiasticum
- jus edicendi
- jus fruendi
- jus gentium
- jus honorarium
- jus in
- jus in personam
- jus in rem
- jus inter gentes
- jus Latii
- jus naturae
- jus naturale
- jus personarum
- jus postliminii
- jus pri
- jus primae noctis