mediation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement

2. 2
   noun

   a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party

3. 3
   noun

   Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by an impartial party.

4. 4
   noun

   Heritage interpretation.

Etymology

From Middle English mediacion, mediacioun, medyacion, medyacyoun from Middle French mediacion and its etymon Late Latin mediātiō, from mediārī (“intervene”), from Latin medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, mediate + -ion.