Com″pro‐mit′ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Compromitted; p. pr. & vb. n.Compromitting.] [L. compromittere. See Compromise, n.] 1. To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise. State Trials (1529).
2. To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.