- intervention, intercession - the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute)
--1 is a kind of engagement, participation, involvement, involution
--1 has particulars: mediation, intermediationDerived form: verb intervene1 - intervention, interference - a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
--2 is a kind of foreign policy
Antonyms: nonintervention, noninterference
- intervention - (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings; "the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits"
--3 is a kind of proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings