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.
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            The soul [acts] by the mediation of these passions.
                                                  --South.
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   2. Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance,
      with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another;
      intercession. --Bacon.
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	mediation
    n 1: a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by
         some impartial party
    2: the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a
       settlement [syn: mediation, intermediation]

	

	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

	

	MEDIATION. The act of some mutual friend of two contending parties, who 
brings them to agree, compromise or settle their disputes. Vattel, Droit des 
Gens, liv. 2, eh. 18, Sec. 328.