Compromise - What does it mean?

I don't know if this is a poem. but, for sure, I have just expressed a confusion I have. I often hear people use this term, and I keep asking myself, why is this word used in negative aspect always?Why does it sound so pitiful? And a million other questions. But, today, I am just sharing one question....

Compromise, that is a big word

It is often used

And I am yet unaware what it means....

As we move in life,

And good comes across

We try to own them, and succeed

But, when we try discarding

Out of boredom, confusion, let be anything

If the good doesn't leave,

Is that what we call compromise?

We build hopes, we build relations

At every step, we see tempting doors

We wish to enter, putting everything built at stake

But, we don't.... Is this compromise?

We seek the best, we believe we have it

But with time, we look only at the faults

We see something new, think it is the best

We only look at what the old stuff lacks, forget the good

Now we seek something else, thinking to discard the old

If you still stick to the old, Would it mean compromise????

I am in the dark

Trying to know what compromise is

Why is it often used?

Or, has it always been misused?