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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party;

2. the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement;
[syn: mediation, intermediation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mediation \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. [1913 Webster] The soul [acts] by the mediation of these passions. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mediation n 1: a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party 2: the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement [syn: mediation, intermediation]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "mediation": United Nations troops, 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
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

MEDIATION. The act of some mutual friend of two contending parties, who brings them to agree, compromise or settle their disputes. Vattel, Droit des Gens, liv. 2, eh. 18, Sec. 328.