Relationships are precarious, man-on-a-wire exercise in push/pull dynamics. You have to compromise to be in a relationship. You cannot be in a relationship strictly on your own terms, it takes two to ...

Relationships are all about compromise. Anyone in even a semi-happy relationship will tell you that. Sometimes, you're going to have to do stuff you don't want to do, and sometimes, the other person ...

When did the word “compromise” get compromised? When did the negative connotations of “He was caught in a compromising position” or “She compromised her ethics” replace the positive connotations of ...

“Listen, Jeff, please, and try to understand,” veteran Senator Joseph Paine implores newbie Jefferson Smith, pleading with him to go along with Capitol Hill business as usual in that classic Hollywood ...

Ukraine’s president has floated a possible compromise to a key Russian demand that Kyiv give up territory in eastern Ukraine.

Compromise is a major strategy for conflict resolution and is essential for any working relationship—whether in our personal lives, the workplace, in our communities or as citizens. But it’s clearly ...

Geoff Nunberg, the linguist contributor on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, is the author of the book The Years of Talking Dangerously. Sometimes people avoid even saying the word. Not long after the ...

As a career coach to mid- and senior-level professionals, and in my former work as a therapist, I’ve come into contact with thousands of questions, concerns, mistakes and crossroads that emerge in ...

During an interview Monday night on Fox News, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said that "the lack of the ability to compromise led to the Civil War." His comment was swiftly countered by ...