From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mediation \Me'di*a"tion\, noun [OE. mediacioun, F. m['e]diation. See {Mediate}, adjective]
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) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party
2: the act of mediating [syn: {intermediation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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