diplomacy

  1. Noun.  The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organisms, or even between policies with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.
  2. Noun.  Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.

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