Compromise
Compromise (from Latin compromittere "waiting for a judgment on both sides" from French compromettre "expose to a judgment, expose") stands for:
- the exposure of a person to other persons and the associated humiliation or offense
- Compromise (cryptology) , exposure of an encrypted message
- the Technical compromise in data processing
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