middle course

accommodation accord adjustment arrangement bargain concession deal pact settlement understanding

compact composition contract cop-out covenant mean sellout trade-off

fifty-fifty half measure half-and-half happy medium middle ground win-win situation

denial disagreement misunderstanding refusal

contest controversy difference dispute dissension dissent quarrel

balance center median middle midpoint norm par

compromise happy medium

border extreme margin outlier

center centrism middle ground middle way midway via media