negotiated settlement
Talked-out agreement
A negotiated settlement is an agreement reached through discussion and compromise rather than imposed by a court or other authority.
The phrase appears most often in legal, labor, and diplomatic contexts: The parties reached a negotiated settlement before trial, A negotiated settlement ended the strike.
It implies both sides made concessions to avoid prolonged conflict.
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- plea bargainNegotiated criminal case resolution
- terms of agreementBinding contractual conditions
- offerProposal to provide
come to terms · middle ground · bilateral talks · back channel · arbitration · restorative justice · conciliation · ceasefire agreement · out of court · peace accord · détente · cooling off period · walk away · consensus-building · bargaining table · compromise · table · peace talks
- negotiationbargaining, bargain, mediation, compromise, conciliation
- settlementsvillage, cities, hamlet, city, towns
- condemnationcondemnation, censure, rebuke, denunciation, reproach
- insolvencyinsolvency, bankruptcy court, liquidation, bankruptcy, creditors
negotiated settlementjudicial ruling
Court's binding legal decision
verdict · court judgment · jury verdict · judicial decree · litigation
negotiated settlementmilitary victory
Success in armed conflict
unconditional surrender · total war · armed conflict · conquest · hostile takeover
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