n. The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation.n. An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent statesn. A proposal tending to an agreement.n. A treatise; a tract.