noun. The art or practice of conducting international relations, as in negotiating alliances, treaties, and agreements.

noun. Tact or skill in dealing with people.

noun. The science of the forms, ceremonies, and methods to be observed in conducting the actual intercourse of one state with another, through authorized agents, on the basis of international law; the art of conducting such intercourse, as in negotiating and drafting treaties, representing the interests of a state or its subjects at a foreign court, etc.

noun. The act or practice of negotiation or official intercourse, as between independent powers; diplomatic procedure in general; the transaction of international business: as, the history of European diplomacy.

noun. Hence Dexterity or skill in managing negotiations of any kind; artful management with the view of securing advantages; diplomatic tact.

noun. A diplomatic body; the whole body of ministers at a foreign court.

noun. Same as diplomatics.

noun. The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed.

noun. Dexterity or skill in securing advantages; tact.

noun. The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body.

noun. The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organisms, or even between policies with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals

noun. Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.

noun. subtly skillful handling of a situation

noun. wisdom in the management of public affairs

noun. negotiation between nations

"The term diplomacy applies to all of the following except:"

statesmanship  tact  

diploma  diplomat  diplomatic  diplomatist  dollar diplomacy  

tact  tactfulness  wisdom  wiseness  

caution  commerce  democracy  diplomat  discipline  

Eisenhower Doctrine  Machiavellianism  Machiavellism  Monroe Doctrine  Nixon Doctrine