Meaning of MEDIATION
| Pronunciation: | | `meedee'eyshun
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- [n] the act of mediating
- [n] negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party
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| | Synonyms: | | intermediation |
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| | See Also: | | arbitration, conciliation, dialogue, intercession, intervention, negotiation, talks, umpirage | |
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| | Definition: | | Mediation
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Me`di*a"tion\, n. [OE. mediacioun, F. m['e]diation.
See {Mediate}, a.]
1. The act of mediating; action or relation of anything
interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or
instrument; interposition; intervention.
The soul [acts] by the mediation of these passions.
--South.
2. Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance,
with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another;
intercession. --Bacon.
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| | Definition: | | A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps them agree on a settlement. |
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| | Related Terms: | | agency, appeasement, calming, conciliation, detente, device, dulcification, easing of relations, expedient, going between, instrumentality, intermediation, machinery, mechanism, mollification, pacification, peace-keeping force, peacemaking, peacemongering, placability, placation, propitiation, recourse, relaxation of tension, resort, service, soothing, tranquilization, United Nations troops |
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