Compromise
41compromise your position — compromise yourself/your position phrase to do something to make people think that they cannot trust you Thesaurus: to do something wrong, or to be badsynonym Main entry: compromise …
42compromise yourself position — compromise yourself/your position phrase to do something to make people think that they cannot trust you Thesaurus: to do something wrong, or to be badsynonym Main entry: compromise …
43Compromise of 1850 — Before the Compromise: Gold Rush California applies to become free state South wants Southern California as slave territory Texas claims territory as far as the Rio Grande New Mexico resists Texas, applies to be free state Texas takes El Paso… …
44Compromise of 1790 — The Compromise of 1790 was the first of three great political compromisesa made in the United States by the Northern and Southern states, occurring every thirty years, in an attempt to keep the Union together and prevent civil war. Contents 1… …
45Compromise of 1877 — A political cartoon by Joseph Keppler depicts Roscoe Conkling as Mephistopheles, as Rutherford B. Hayes strolls off with a woman labeled as Solid South . The caption quotes Goethe: Unto that Power he doth belong / Which only doeth Right while… …
46Compromise agreement — In the United Kingdom, a compromise agreement is a specific type of contract, regulated by statute, between an employer and its employee (or ex employee) under which the employee receives a negotiated financial sum in exchange for agreeing that… …
47Compromise of Nobles — Eedverbond der Edelen, from Hendrik Conscience Geschiedenis van België, 1859 The Compromise[1]of Nobles (Dutch: Eedverbond der Edelen; French: Compromis des Nobles) was a …
48Compromise of Caspe — The Compromise of Caspe made in 1412 was an act and resolution of parliamentary representatives on behalf of the Kingdoms of Aragon and Valencia and the County of Barcelona, to resolve the interregnum commenced by the death of King Martin I of… …
49Compromise of Avranches — The Compromise of Avranches in 1172 marked the reconciliation of Henry II of England with the Catholic Church after the Becket controversy from 1163, which culminated with the murder in 1170 of Thomas Becket.[1] Henry was purged of any guilt in… …
50Compromise of 1850 — Series of measures passed by the U.S. Congress to settle slavery issues and avert secession. The crisis arose in late 1849 when the territory of California asked to be admitted to the Union with a constitution prohibiting slavery. The problem was …
