Mediation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of mediating; intervention; interposition.
  • noun. Agency between parties with a view to reconcile them or to effect some arrangement between them; entreaty for another; intercession.
  • noun. The state of being mediate, or of serving as a medium or means; intermediate relation; a coming between.
  • noun. Means; aid; help.
  • noun. In music: In Gregorian music, that part of a melody which lies between the intonation and the ending—that is, the main part of the melody.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.
  • noun. Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party.
  • noun. the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement
  • noun. a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party
  • Word Usage
    "On the plus side, being trained in mediation is a useful skill to have and it certainly fits in with the kind of things I do already."
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