The act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.):
— It occurs without human intervention.

synonym: intercession.

Roget 106: time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season; the whole time, the whole period; space-time; course etc. 109; snap.    intermediate time, while, interim, interval, pendency^†; intervention, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interlude; respite.    era, epoch; time of life, age, year, date; decade etc. (period) 108; moment, etc. (instant) 113.    glass of time, sands of time, march of time, Father Time, ravages of time; arrow of time; river of time, whirligig of time, noiseless foot of time; scythe.    ... show more

Roget 631: instrumentality; aid etc. 707; subservience, subserviency; mediation, intervention, medium, intermedium^†, vehicle, hand; agency etc. 170.    minister, handmaid; midwife, accoucheur [Fr.], accoucheuse [Fr.], obstetrician; gobetween; cat's-paw; stepping-stone.    opener etc. 260; key; master key, passkey, latchkey; open sesame;" passport, passe-partout, safe-conduct, password.    instrument etc. 633; expedient etc. (plan) 626; means etc. 632.    ... show more

Roget 724: mediation, mediatorship^†, mediatization^†; intervention, interposition, interference, intermeddling, intercession; arbitration; flag of truce etc. 723; good offices, peace offering; parley, negotiation; diplomatics^†, diplomacy; compromise etc. 774.    [person who mediates] mediator, arbitrator, intercessor, peacemaker, makepeace^†, negotiator, go-between; diplomatist etc. (consignee) 758; moderator; propitiator; umpire.    ... show more

Dutch: tussenkomst, interventie
Polish: interwencja

A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries.

synonym: interference.

Roget 228: interposition, interjacence^†, intercurrence^†, intervenience^†, interlocation^†, interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation.    [interposition at a fine-grained level] interpenetration; permeation; infiltration.    [interposition by one person in another's affairs, at the intervenor's initiative] intervention, interference; intrusion, obtrusion; insinuation.    insertion etc. 300; dovetailing; embolism.    intermediary, intermedium^†; go between, bodkin^†, intruder, interloper; parenthesis, episode, flyleaf.    partition, septum, diaphragm; midriff; dissepiment^†; party wall, panel, room divider.    halfway house.    ... show more

Dutch: interventie
Polish: interwencjonizm

The act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others.

synonym: interposition.

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.

Dutch: het werd tijd
Polish: interwencja procesowa

Care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury).

synonym: treatment.

Dutch: behandeling, behandelwijze, geneeswijze, therapie
Polish: zabieg leczniczy