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Reciprocation

noun

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

Etymology

From reciprocate + -ion.

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