Thus, the function of a panacea is to cure or remedy an ailment. It is the people at the funeral, not the funeral itself, who mourn. A siphon is a tube used for transferring liquid by mean of suction, not by squeezing. The inherent function of a monarch is to rule his or her subjects. It is the subjects who serve the monarch.
Mediation is the peaceful settlement of a dispute with the aid of a third-party intermediary.
To meddle is to interfere in the affairs of others. So meddling is a negative slant on mediation. Although reasoning might aptly be defined as a high form of thinking, the latter word does not have a negative connotation. To abandon is to neglect to an extreme, and both words are negative. To surpass is to exceed or transcend.