Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun missouri_compromise

1 sense of missouri compromise

Sense 1
Missouri Compromise -- (an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories)
       INSTANCE OF=> compromise -- (an accommodation in which both sides make concessions; "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'")