com-pro-mise
       [kom-pruh-mahyz]  
noun, verb, -mised, -mising
   noun
 1. a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.
 2. the result of such a settlement.

We compromise every day, but where does it end?  At what point do we look around and say, “there has to be a better compromise?”  And if only one side is giving concessions, is it truly compromise?