Interposition

in·ter·pose  (ntr-pz)

v. in·ter·posed, in·ter·pos·ing, in·ter·pos·es

v.tr.

1.

a. To insert or introduce between parts.

b. To place (oneself) between others or things.

2. To introduce or interject (a comment, for example) during discourse or a conversation. See Synonyms at introduce.

3. To exert (influence or authority) in order to interfere or intervene: interpose one's veto.

v.intr.

1. To come between things; assume an intervening position.

2. To come between the parties in a dispute; intervene.

3. To insert a remark, question, or argument.

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[French, from Old French interposer, to intervene, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place) of Latin interpnere, to put between : inter-, inter- + pnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

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inter·posal n.

inter·poser n.

inter·po·sition (-p-zshn) n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	interposition - the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts interjection, interpellation, interpolation disruption, interruption, gap, break - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
	2.	interposition - the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others intervention locating, positioning, emplacement, location, placement, position - the act of putting something in a certain place