| Mediation 1. (n.) The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention. 2. (a.) Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession. Thesaurus Entries 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 |