arbitrate
Judge between parties
To arbitrate is to settle a dispute as a neutral third party.
An arbitrator hears both sides and renders a binding decision, unlike a mediator who merely facilitates agreement.
Labor disputes, contract disagreements, and international conflicts may go to arbitration when parties can't resolve matters themselves: The case was arbitrated rather than tried in court.
Arbitrate can also mean to submit a dispute for such resolution.
Facilitate agreement between disputants
- conciliateCalm hostile feelings
- reconcileResolve a disagreement
- negotiateDiscuss to reach agreement
- brokerTransaction intermediary for hire
facilitate · intercede · intermediate · go-between · liaison · peacemaking · intervention · third-party
Reach final terms
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- agreementShared position between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
settlement · resolution · outcome · closure · finalization · arrangement · deal · pact
Formally decide a dispute
- decideReach a conclusion
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
- determineEstablish through investigation
- judgeOne who decides
decree · pronounce · award · verdict · finding · ruling · decision · adjudication
Not favoring any side
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
- impartialShowing no preference
- fairImpartial and unbiased
- objectivePurpose or goal
disinterested · evenhanded · nonpartisan · equitable · balanced · dispassionate · unprejudiced · detached
mediate
Facilitate agreement between disputants
- conciliateCalm hostile feelings
- reconcileResolve a disagreement
- negotiateDiscuss to reach agreement
broker · facilitate · intercede · intermediate · go-between · liaison · peacemaking · intervention · third-party · moderator
settle
Reach final terms
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- agreementShared position between parties
accord · settlement · resolution · outcome · closure · finalization · arrangement · deal · pact · contract
adjudicate
Formally decide a dispute
judge · decree · pronounce · award · verdict · finding · ruling · decision · adjudication · tribunal
neutral
Not favoring any side
objective · disinterested · evenhanded · nonpartisan · equitable · balanced · dispassionate · unprejudiced · detached · judicious
tribunal
Judicial decision-making body
- AAATop credit rating
- negotiationbargaining, bargain, negotiate, mediation, compromise
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, peace agreement, mediate, pacifying
- interveneintervene, step in, intercede, mediate, interpose
- officiatereferee, umpire, preside, officiant, moderate
- calmingcalm, calm down, soothe, relax, pacify
- binding arbitrationLegally enforceable private judgment
- arbitrary detentionConfinement lacking legal grounds
- legal arbitrationPrivate dispute settlement process
- arbitrary arrestSeizure without legal justification
- forced arbitrationRequired private dispute settlement
- mandatory arbitrationRequired private dispute settlement
arbitrary, arbitration, arbitrator, arbitrarily, arbitrated, arbitrates, arbitrating, arbitrators, arbitrations