intervention
intervention is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation. Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the intervention, of any foreign power. Sir W. Temple.
- 2.(Civil Law) The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accoucheur
- accoucheuse
- agency
- aid
- along
- arbitrate
- arbitration
- arbitrator
- assistance
- bargain
- compromise
- conducive
- consignee
- crook
- dint
- diplomacy
- diplomatics
- diplomatist
- expedient
- fair
- flag
- foul
- go-between
- good
- halfway
- hand
- handmaid
- hereby
- hook
- instrument
- instrumental
- instrumentality
- intercede
- intercession
- intercessor
- interfere
- interference
- intermeddling
- intermediate
- intermedium
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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