Interposition

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  • n. The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
  • n. The thing interposed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
  • n. The thing interposed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A being, placing, or coming between, as of something that obstructs or interferes; intervention.
  • n. Intervenient agency; agency between parties; interference; mediation.
  • n. That which is interposed.
  • n. Synonyms Interposition, Interference, Intervention, Mediation. The first three of these have the same differences as the corresponding verbs. (See interpose.) Intervention and interference are used of persons or things; interposition and mediation only of persons. Mediation is a friendly act performed in order to reconcile those who are estranged or opposed: as, France refused all offers of mediation, and seemed bent upon war. The word mediation is rarely used where the friendly interposition is not consented to by the parties to the Controversy, or where it is not at least in some degree successful.
  • n. In mineralogy, same as inclusion, 2.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
  • n. the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    interruption    break    disruption    gap    placement   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mediation   
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