List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 235

SYNONYMS: mediation, conciliation, arbitration.
These nouns mean to come to an agreement between differing factions.

Mediation denotes only intervention in a dispute with intent to settle it equitably, but generally implies a favorable result.
Conciliation stresses the settlement of a difference and the assuaging of ill feeling.
Arbitration, oft en the last resort among these processes, emphasizes finality and decision, usually achieved through legal apparatus and procedure agreed upon in advance.