2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intervention \In`ter*ven"tion\, n. [L. interventio an
interposition: cf F. intervention.]
1. The act of intervening; interposition.
Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax
membrane. --Holder.
2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others
especially, of one or more states with the affairs of
another; mediation.
Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the
intervention, of any foreign power. --Sir W.
Temple.
3. (Civil Law) The act by which a third person, to protect
his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit
pending between other parties.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
intervention
n 1: the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute) [syn: {intercession}]
2: a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
[syn: {interference}] [ant: {nonintervention}, {nonintervention}]
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