| Noun | 1. | mediation - negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party |
| 2. | mediation - the act of mediating Synonyms: intermediation |
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.
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