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     #724.  Mediation. —­ N. mediation, mediatorship[obs3],
mediatization[obs3]; intervention, interposition, interference, intermeddling, intercession; arbitration; flag of truce &c. 723; good offices, peace offering;
     parley, negotiation; diplomatics[obs3], diplomacy; compromise &c. 774.
     [person who mediates] mediator, arbitrator, intercessor, peacemaker,
makepeace[obs3], negotiator, go-between; diplomatist &c. (consignee) 758; moderator; propitiator; umpire. 
     V. mediate, mediatize[obs3]; intercede, interpose, interfere,
intervene; step in, negotiate; meet halfway; arbitrate; magnas componere lites[Lat].
     bargain &c. 794
     Adj. mediatory.

     #725.  Submission. —­ N. submission, yielding; nonresistance; obedience
&c. 743.
     surrender, cession, capitulation, resignation; backdown[obs3].
     obeisance, homage, kneeling, genuflexion[obs3], courtesy, curtsy,
kowtow, prostration. 
     V. succumb, submit, yeild, bend, resign, defer to.
     lay down one’s arms, deliver up one’s arms; lower colors, haul down
colors, strike one’s flag, strike colors.
     surrender, surrender at discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms,
retreat, beat a retreat; draw in one’s horns &c. (humility) 879; give way, give round, give in, give up; cave in; suffer judgment by default; bend, bend to one’s yoke, bend before the storm; reel back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under.
     eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie; bite the dust, lick the dust;
be at one’s feet, fall at one’s feet; craven; crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of; swallow the leek, swallow the pill; kiss the rod; turn the other cheek; avaler les couleuvres[Fr], gulp down.
     obey &c. 743; kneel to, bow to, pay homage to, cringe to, truckle to;
bend the neck, bend the knee; kneel, fall on one’s knees, bow submission, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow.
     pocket the affront; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; grin
and abide, grin and bear it, shrug the shoulders, resign oneself; submit with a good grace &c. (bear with) 826. 
     Adj. surrendering &c. v.; submissive, resigned, crouching;
downtrodden; down on one’s marrow bones; on one’s bended knee; unresistant, unresisting, nonresisting; pliant &c. (soft) 324; undefended.
     untenable, indefensible; humble &c. 879. 
     Phr. have it your own way; it can’t be helped; amen &c. (assent) 488;
da locum melioribus[Lat]; tempori parendum[Lat].

     #726.  Combatant. —­ N. combatant; disputant, controversialist,
polemic, litigant, belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival[obs3]; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper[obs3], swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough.
     prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator,
athlete, wrestler; fighting-cock, game-cock;