mediation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by an impartial party.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.
3. (countable, uncountable) Heritage interpretation.

Synonyms

arbitration

intercession

intervention

reconciliation

interference

conciliation

interposition

intermediation

settlement

negotiation

go-between

mediate

intervening

lapse

mediator

middleman

propitiation

rapprochement

recommendation

tessellation

bridge building

smoothing over

acting as a middle-man

going between

inntermediateness

vector effect

conditioning arbitration

accommodation

arbitragion

accord

agency

agent

brokerage

broking

compromise

entertainment

fencing

good offices

harmonize

instrumentality

Translations

médiation

Vermittlung

mediazione

mediación

bemiddeling

μεσολάβηση

entremise

mediação

Mediation

Schlichtung

interventus

intermédaire

وساطة

تَوَسُّط

Pronounced as (IPA)

/midiˈeɪʃən/

Etymology

From Late Latin mediātiō (perhaps via Middle French mediation/mediacion) from mediārī (“intervene”), from Latin medius (“middle”).