Definitions for: Compromit

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.