INTERMEDIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intermediation mean? 

• INTERMEDIATION (noun)
  The noun INTERMEDIATION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: INTERMEDIATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERMEDIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

intermediation; mediation

Hypernyms ("intermediation" is a kind of...):

intercession; intervention (the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intermediation"):

matchmaking (mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others)

Derivation:

intermediate (act between parties with a view to reconciling differences)