transigent

Etymology

Back-formation from intransigent.

adj

  1. Willing to compromise.“But in the second half scientists will undoubtedly make progress in synthesizing the hormones, the mysterious secretions of the ductless glands which regulate the make-up of our personalities, determining whether we are to be big or little, energetic or lazy, virile or effeminate, aggressive or transigent, high-strung or lethargic.”

noun

  1. A person who is willing to compromise or to be brought to terms.“As in other areas, in this field the traditional distinction between transigents and intransigents was clearly at work.”