(n.) The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mention of discrimination on the basis of categories such as ethnicity, migration status, culture, economic situation or age as a protected status were also scrapped from the document, in an attempt to appease the African and Arab groups.
(2) In a sign of anger on the Tory right at the change, the former defence secretary said the policy had been "made on the hoof" to appease a small and vocal minority.
(3) More here: UK regulator urges banks to speed up swaps mis-selling compensation 8.40am GMT More reaction to the decision to send riot police to evict people from the offices of Greece's former state broadcaster this morning , starting with journalist Nick Malkoutzis: Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) 5 mths after flicking switch on public broadcaster ERT, gov't tries to settle issue by sending riot police to remove remaining staff #Greece November 7, 2013 Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) While #ERT will be off air for good after police intervention, the stain of how its closure has been handled won't wash away easily #Greece November 7, 2013 Lady Mondegreen (@amaenad) Like a mean stupid dog appeasing a cruel master, the Greek government wants to lay ERT's limp body at the troika's feet.
(4) The MEK's supporters say it was banned as a move by the Clinton administration to appease the Iranian government.
(5) It ranges from cold warriors to appeasers," said one of the European officials.
(6) As for Britain, any prime minister who meets News International executives 24 times in just over a year, as David Cameron admitted this month, is at least partly in the business of appeasement rather than government.
(7) Probably, Corbyn and his MPs want to appease xenophobia in Labour heartlands, at whatever price of principle, to keep their seats warm at Westminster.
(8) While the reshuffle may be partly to appease fans who resent his position as a figurehead, it could also be seen as a tacit admission that Ashley got a big football decision horribly wrong last season, in deciding not to replace Alan Pardew and almost suffering relegation as a result.
(9) Critics say this is part of a broader, dubious attempt to appease the Kremlin and boost bilateral trade.
(10) These negative feelings and negative self-images are exploited so as to appease the superego in the face of one's hostile aggression: that one is justified, that there are extenuating circumstances for one's hatred and destructiveness.
(11) Everton insist they do not have to cash in on players this summer to appease the bank, with the next season's record-breaking television deal worth an extra £20m for each Premier League club and bringing greater stability to the finances at Goodison Park.
(12) Alistair Darling attempted to appease critics who feared the tax on bonuses would prompt defections from the City by insisting the 50% tax rate on bonuses of more than £25,000 would be paid by the banks rather than employees.
(13) Thompson will be hoping that the proposed measures will go far enough to appease the Conservatives' desire to clip the corporation's wings.
(14) The case against the Anglo-French appeasers and the Polish colonels' regime over the failure to prevent war is a good deal stronger than against the Soviet Union, which perhaps helps to explain the enthusiasm for the new revisionism in both parts of the continent.
(15) Paterson, who has previously said significant global temperature rises of 1-2.5C would only be modest and who claimed he was sacked as minister to appease the “green blob” , is to call for a repeal of the act unless other countries adopt similar carbon-cutting laws.
(16) The memory of the massacre clearly galvanised David Cameron, who was never going to be accused of the appeasing policies of the former foreign secretaries Douglas Hurd and Malcolm Rifkind.
(17) His hopes for the cure of diseases by transplantation and drugs to appease pain and aid sleep have both become inherent features of contemporary medicine and yet these were predictions he was making over 300 years ago.
(18) If this really is a progressive coalition, it should not be prepared to appease the financial markets by inflicting suffering in some of the poorest parts of this country.
(19) Around 60% of customers are on variable tariffs, and the lack of competitive pressure on prices for these customers is another reason why the Competition and Markets Authority is investigating this market.” Npower’s price cut may go some way towards appeasing its customers after research from Which?
(20) "I say to them, you will never ever appease the rightwing media and to try demeans you and our party."
Compromise
Definition:
(n.) A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
(n.) A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.
(n.) A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.
(n.) To bind by mutual agreement; to agree.
(n.) To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
(n.) To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
(v. i.) To agree; to accord.
(v. i.) To make concession for conciliation and peace.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is likely that trunk mobility is necessary to maintain integrity of SI joint and that absence of such mobility compromises SI joint structure in many paraplegics.
(2) These deficiencies in the data compromise HIV surveillance based on diagnostic testing, and supplementary bias-free data are needed.
(3) Steroids are not recommended because they may compromise defenses against an underlying disease process.
(4) The dose response effect in this tumor is steep and combinations which compromise the dose of adriamycin too greatly are showing inferior results.
(5) Furthermore, renal function in the elderly patient with CHF is markedly compromised.
(6) The compromised ice sheet tilts and he sinks into the Arctic Sea on the back of his faltering white Icelandic pony.
(7) The technique did not compromise cancer resection, excessively prolong operating time, or alter postoperative management.
(8) Patients treated with ciprofloxacin may need added coverage for anaerobes, but the drug's excellent activity against nosocomial pathogens and its availability in oral form allow for an early change to oral therapy without compromising effectiveness coupled with added savings and convenience.
(9) The blood flows of the kidneys, small intestine, liver, spleen and skin were less compromised in group ABC.
(10) This adverse treatment side effect has been implicated in the anorexia of cancer and can compromise the quality of patients' lives.
(11) The trust was a compromise hammered out in the wake of the Hutton report, when the corporation hoped to maintain the status quo by preserving the old BBC governors.
(12) "This crowd of charlatans ... look for one little thing they can say is wrong, and thus generalise that the science is entirely compromised."
(13) The 24% overall response rate suggests no compromise in activity on this schedule, with a significant reduction in toxicity.
(14) An equivalent maximum growth response of rats fed L-methionine or N-acetyl-L-methionine was obtained when the total dietary sulfur amino acids compromised 0.36-0.41% of the diet.
(15) Obama will meet with Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas tomorrow as well, but US envoy George Mitchell has had no luck in recent weeks trying to persuade Netanyahu to compromise on the settlements.
(16) This approach was used in 42 shoulders with rotator cuff tears or posterior instability without complications of infection, failure of deltoid healing, or compromise of suprascapular or axillary nerves.
(17) If the Labour leader has his way, into the dustbin of history will go the "electoral college", the spatchcocked compromise that was a product of the Bennite wars of the 1980s.
(18) 2. beta-adrenoceptor blocking compounds, which are frequently used as first-line therapy in hypertension, may compromise blood flow to vital organs in view of the fact that they reduce cardiac output both acutely and during long-term treatment.
(19) In repeated reconciliation talks overseen by the UN, the ineffectual GNA has so far failed to reach a political compromise with its Tobruk-based rivals in the east, noticeably Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army.
(20) The spin-spin relaxation time T2 may be estimated using multiecho pulse sequences, but the accuracy of the estimate is dependent on the fidelity of the spin-echo amplitudes, which may be severely compromised by rf pulse and static field imperfections.