| Main Entry: | agency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, instrumentality |
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action, activity, auspices, channel, efficiency, force, influence, instrument, instrumentality, intercession, intervention, means, mechanism, mediation, medium, operation, organ, vehicle, work |
| Main Entry: | mediation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to bring to agreement |
Synonyms: |
arbitration, conciliation, intercession, interposition, intervention, negotiation, reconciliation |
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argument, contention, disagreement, fight |
| Main Entry: | plea |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | begging request |
Synonyms: |
appeal, application, entreaty, imploration, imprecation, intercession, orison, overture, petition, prayer, round robin, solicitation, suit, supplication |
Antonyms: |
answer, reply |
| Main Entry: | intercession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mediation |
Synonyms: |
appeal, intervention, petition, prayer, request |
| Main Entry: | intervention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of intervening |
Synonyms: |
arbitration, intercession, interference, interposition, interruption, mediation |
| Main Entry: | agency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Agency. |
| Category: | 3. POWER IN OPERATION |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
agency, operation, force, working, strain, function, office, maintenance, exercise, work, swing, play; interworking, interaction; procurement., causation; instrumentality; influence; action (voluntary); modus operandi., quickening power, maintaining power, sustaining power; home stroke.
-verbs
be in action; operate, work; act, act upon; perform, play, support, sustain, strain, maintain, take effect, quicken, strike., come play, come bring into operation; have play, have free play; bring to bear upon.
-adjectives
operative, efficient, efficacious, practical, effectual., at work, on foot; acting (doing); in operation, in force, in action, in play, in exercise; acted upon, wrought upon.
-adverbs
by the agency of; through (instrumentality); by means of.
-phrases
"I myself must mix with action lest I wither by despair" [Tennyson].
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| Concept: | Mediation. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
mediation, mediatorship, mediatization; intervention, interposition, interference, intermeddling, intercession; arbitration; flag of truce; good offices, peace offering; ., parley, negotiation; diplomatics, diplomacy; compromise., mediator, intercessor, peacemaker, makepeace, negotiator, go-between; diplomatist (consignee); moderator; propitiator; umpire.
-verbs
mediate, mediatize; intercede, interpose, interfere, intervene; step in, negotiate; meet halfway; arbitrate; magnas componere lites.
-adjectives
mediatory.
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