mediation
B1CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
A consensual process in which a neutral facilitator assists parties to negotiate a resolution.
After a day of mediation the dispute settled without recourse to a full arbitral hearing.
Business noun
A process in which a neutral third party helps opposing sides settle a dispute without imposing a decision.
Both companies agreed to mediation rather than risk a costly and public court battle.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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