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diplomacy

/dɪˈploʊməsi/

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What does diplomacy mean?

noun

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

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/dɪˈploʊməsi/

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For a man caught, as it were, between his skipper and the great West Wind silence is the safest sort of diplomacy.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058
With his son, however, he employed the diplomacy he reserved for important occasions and, adopting a quiet tone, discussed the whole matter.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
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And there was the mother wavering, half willing-by adroit and flawless diplomacy to be won over, now, or perhaps never at all.
Mark TwainFollowing the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2895
This agreement, which was to remain in force for seventeen years, was a master-stroke of diplomacy on the part of the Bell Company.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819
At the same time he is fully alive to the necessity of gaining English patronage, and sets about securing this with tactful diplomacy.
John M. (John Mackenzie) BaconThe Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial NavigationProject Gutenberg ebook #861