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Newguest Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Compromise yourself ...

Hi

An author of a book about magic says that by doing certain things one may attract evil entities into one's home/life.

Compromising yourself sexually in any way (doing things that don't feel right to you on a deep level)

I'm not sure how to understand the phrase "compromise yourself sexually"?
  

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Hi, from my dictionary - bring into disrepute or danger, especially by indiscretion or folly Clive

  • Hi, from my dictionary - bring into disrepute or danger, especially by indiscretion or folly Clive
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Hi,

from my dictionary -
bring into disrepute or danger, especially by indiscretion or folly

Clive
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Hi

So it would be: Bring yourself into disrepute because of the wrong sexual conduct?
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The author has already explained what he/she means here in brackets. Essentially it means doing something detrimental to yourself or that goes against your own values (to please someone else.)
To sell yourself short, go against your own principles - here to do something sexually that you are not comfortable with/don't agree with etc.

Note:

When you compromise yourself, your b
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Hi,

Yes, or even into danger of some kind.

Clive

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