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Compromises
- noun - a middle way between two extremes
- an accommodation in which both sides make concessions; "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'"
- expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"
- make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"
- settle by concession
Comptograph
- - A machine for adding numbers and making a printed record of the sum. An older term for an adding machine.
Comptometer
- - A calculating machine; an arithmometer.
Comptroller
- noun - someone who maintains and audits business accounts
Compulsions
- noun - an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
- an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid; "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"
- using force to cause something to occur; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"
Compulsives
- noun - a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
Compunction
- noun - a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
- remorse
Compunctive
- - Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious.
Compurgator
- - One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.
Computation
- noun - problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods