What's the difference between compromise and connive?

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.

Connive


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.
  • (v. i.) To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at.
  • (v. t.) To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Despite his advocacy on behalf of leftists and nationalists, there were those who believed he connived to ensure that the left faction did not get the upper hand in the PAP.
  • (2) Wealthy individuals and religious foundations in Saudi Arabia , Kuwait, Qatar and elsewhere in the Gulf have channelled millions of dollars to the anti-Assad opposition, though it is not clear with what degree of official connivance.
  • (3) So while the Turkish parliament congratulated itself on a long night’s defence of democracy, many wonder why its members connived in the decline of the rule of law.
  • (4) They should never have connived in the absurd policy of allowing housing benefit to soar to pay ever-higher rents for those on benefit or in low-paid jobs and simultaneously permitting council houses to be sold without their replacement.
  • (5) – with the connivance of the Sun, a headline on whose front page reading THE TRUTH is in any circumstances beyond satire.
  • (6) Her summary of the issues underscored several key points, among them the reality that the publishers were as conniving as Apple, but that they perceived Apple's market power too strong to challenge.
  • (7) According to Robert Gates, the former US defence secretary, Washington was so keen to oust the Afghan president that officials connived in delaying an Afghan presidential election in 2009 and then tried to manipulate the outcome in a "clumsy and failed putsch".
  • (8) On Monday the Russian foreign ministry denounced the lawlessness it said “now rules in eastern regions of Ukraine as a result of the actions of fighters of the so-called Right Sector, with the full connivance” of Ukraine’s new authorities.
  • (9) Mladic, the Bosnian Serb military leader whose trial for the Bosnian genocide began last month in The Hague, lived openly for years in Serbian army barracks with the connivance of sympathetic senior officers.
  • (10) It is a story of deceit that has left thousands of British refugees living in misery for the past 40 years, exiled from their island home by a conniving and unrepentant government."
  • (11) Horman had spotted US warships off the Chilean coast at Valparaiso shortly after the coup and had believed this showed signs of American connivance.
  • (12) This process of polarisation and mutual alienation culminated last Friday with Obama’s active connivance in the passing of a landmark UN security council resolution.
  • (13) A lot of people, including the opposition, have connived in giving this a humanitarian gloss.
  • (14) "The mafia that invests, that launders money, that therefore has the real power, is the mafia which has got rich for years from its connivance with the church," said Gratteri.
  • (15) A third actor, the one who plays the conniving lady's maid Sarah O'Brien, has now left the cast too.
  • (16) But abuse and criminal activity on this sort of scale cannot possibly happen without passive connivance from the very top.
  • (17) Meanwhile, in a (seemingly) parallel story, medieval dullard Alaïs must protect the (apparently) same ring from gnashing crusaders and conniving sister Oriane, who is also banging Alaïs's expressionless husband.
  • (18) Israel's new ruler refused to meet Arafat, whom he charged with duplicity and connivance in murder.
  • (19) The newspaper said it had found evidence of widespread theft of ivory “perpetuated by [Uganda Wildlife Authority] staff” who connive with wildlife traffickers.
  • (20) The Liberal Democrats have disowned their former icon, Sir Cyril Smith, amid evidence of appalling and repeated sexual abuse of children, as a new controversy raged over allegations that police, spies and politicians connived in an establishment cover-up of his activities.