compromettere — meaning in English

English meaning

• commit verb To carry out a crime, mistake, or wrongdoing.
• endanger verb To put someone or something at risk of harm.
• imperil verb To put into peril; to place in danger.
• undermine verb To weaken support or confidence gradually, often secretly.

Senses

compromettere is used for these senses in English:

• commit (transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
• commit (ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
• endanger (transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
• imperil (transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger.
• undermine (figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage. [from 15th c.]

commit — full definition

1. verb To carry out a crime, mistake, or wrongdoing.
2. verb To pledge or bind oneself to a course of action.
3. verb To save a set of changes permanently, especially in software or version control.

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