Compromit
Com´pro`mit`
v. t. 1. To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise.
[imp. & p. p. Compromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Compromitting.]
2. To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.