mediation

See also: Mediation and médiation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /midiˈeɪʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

mediation (countable and uncountable, plural mediations)

  1. Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party.
  2. The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.

Derived terms

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See also

Further reading
  • "mediation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 204.

Danish

Noun

mediation c (singular definite mediationen, plural indefinite mediationer)

  1. mediation

Declension
Declension of mediation
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mediation mediationen mediationer mediationerne
genitive mediations mediationens mediationers mediationernes

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