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mediation |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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