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MISSOURI COMPROMISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Missouri Compromise mean?
• MISSOURI COMPROMISE (noun)
The noun MISSOURI COMPROMISE has 1 sense:
1. an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories
Familiarity information: MISSOURI COMPROMISE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
compromise (an accommodation in which both sides make concessions)
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