| Main Entry: | aside |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidential statement |
Synonyms: |
departure, digression, discursion, interpolation, interposition, parenthesis, tangent, throwaway |
| Main Entry: | interference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meddling, impedance |
Synonyms: |
arrest, background, backseat driving, barging in, barring, blocking, checking, choking, clashing, clogging, conflict, hampering, hindrance, intermeddling, interposition, intervention, intrusion, meddlesomeness, obstruction, opposition, prying, resistance, retardation, tackling, tampering, trespassing |
Antonyms: |
aid, assistance, help |
| Main Entry: | mediation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to bring to agreement |
Synonyms: |
arbitration, conciliation, intercession, interposition, intervention, negotiation, reconciliation |
Antonyms: |
argument, contention, disagreement, fight |
| Main Entry: | intervention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of intervening |
Synonyms: |
arbitration, intercession, interference, interposition, interruption, mediation |
| Main Entry: | intrusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interruption |
Synonyms: |
encroachment, forced entrance, impingement, imposition, incursion, infraction, inroad, interference, interposition, intervention, invasion, meddling, obtrusion, overrunning, overstepping, transgression, trespass |
| 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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