Arbitrate

To help settle a disagreement between two people or groups by listening to both sides and making a fair choice that everyone can agree on.

Examples

• When two friends couldn't agree on which game to play during their sleepover, they decided to ask their older sibling to arbitrate and help them reach a fair decision.
• In the school debate club, the teacher had to arbitrate the heated discussion between students who had opposing views on whether school uniforms should be mandatory or not.
• After a long day of soccer practice, the coach was called to arbitrate the disagreement between two players over a controversial call made during the scrimmage.

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