Thought: the settling of disputes is about time (10)
I believe the answer is:
meditation
'thought' is the definition.
(meditation is a kind of thought)
'the settling of disputes is about time' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is present in the answer.
'time' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is found within the answer.
'is' could be 'ii' (more than one I) and 'ii' is found in the remaining letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for meditation that I've seen before include "serious thought" , "reflection" , "Deep relaxing thought" , "Contemplation" .)