Associations to the word «Diplomacy»

Wiktionary

DIPLOMACY, 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 polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals
DIPLOMACY, noun. Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.

Dictionary definition

DIPLOMACY, noun. Negotiation between nations.
DIPLOMACY, noun. Subtly skillful handling of a situation.
DIPLOMACY, noun. Wisdom in the management of public affairs.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin