Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mediation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mediation
n 1: negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some
impartial party [syn: {arbitration}]
2: the act of mediating [syn: {intermediation}]
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