| verb | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences “He interceded in the family dispute” |
| verb | occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others “mediate between the old and the new” |
| adjective | acting through or dependent on an intervening agency “the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact” |
| adjective | being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series “adolescence is an awkward in-between age” |
| intercession | noun | the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) |
| mediation | noun | a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party |
| mediator | noun | a negotiator who acts as a link between parties |
| intermediation | noun | the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement |
| intermediator | noun | a negotiator who acts as a link between parties |
| arbitrative | adjective | relating to or having the authority to arbitrate |
| arbitrable | adjective | appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration |
| arbitrement | noun | the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment |
| arbitrament | noun | the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment |
| arbiter | noun | someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue |
| arbitration | noun | (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management) |
| arbitrator | noun | someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue |
| mediateness | noun | the quality of being mediate |