noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning countable, uncountable

   "the reciprocation of kindness"

2. 2
   mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) wordnet
3. 3
   Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides; oscillation. countable, uncountable

   "... the same pendulum alwayes maketh its reciprocations in equall times."

4. 4
   alternating back-and-forth movement wordnet
5. 5
   the act of making or doing something in return wordnet

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interchangeinterchangealternationback-and-forthbalancebattledore and shuttlecock

Antonyms

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ignorance

Example

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"... the same pendulum alwayes maketh its reciprocations in equall times."

Etymology

From reciprocate + -ion.

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