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La médiation
A feminine noun for third-party intervention to settle a dispute. The mediator is "le médiateur". Distinguish it from "l'arbitrage", where the third party imposes a binding decision rather than proposing one.
Examples in context
La médiation française a évité une rupture.
French mediation averted a rupture.
Les deux camps ont accepté une médiation.
Both sides accepted mediation.
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