MEDIATION


Meaning of MEDIATION in English

ˌmēdēˈāshən noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English mediacioun, from Medieval Latin mediation-, mediatio, from mediatus (past participle of mediare to mediate) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion — more at mediate

1. : intervention between conflicting parties or viewpoints to promote reconciliation, settlement, compromise, or understanding

a code … would not dispense with mediation between legislature and judges — B.N.Cardozo

2. : the function or activity of an intermediate means or instrumentality of transmission

attains its effects … through the mediation of the ideological elements in society — Max Lerner & Edwin Mims

3. international law : intercession of one power between other powers at their invitation or with their consent to conciliate differences between them

4. : the cadence beween the two reciting notes in a Gregorian psalm tone or an Anglican chant

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