arbitrate has definitions from the field of law
1
[ verb ] (law) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

Examples

"He interceded in the family dispute" "He mediated a settlement"

Used in print

(Selma Jeanne Cohen, "Avant-Garde Choreography"...)

Then the choreographer must arbitrate .

2
[ verb ] occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others

Synonyms

mediate

Examples

"mediate between the old and the new"

Related terms

settle lie

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