mediation

The act of mediating; intervention; interposition.

Agency between parties with a view to reconcile them or to effect some arrangement between them; entreaty for another; intercession.

The state of being mediate, or of serving as a medium or means; intermediate relation; a coming between.

Means; aid; help.

In music: In Gregorian music, that part of a melody which lies between the intonation and the ending—that is, the main part of the melody.