reciprocation

Variant of reciprocate

reciprocate definition

re·cip·ro·cate (-kāt′)

transitive verb reciprocated -·cat′ed, reciprocating -·cat′·ing

    1. to give and get, do, feel, etc. reciprocally; interchange
    2. to give, do, feel, etc. in return; return in kind or degree
  2. to cause to move alternately back and forth

Etymology: < L reciprocatus, pp. of reciprocare < reciprocus: see reciprocal

intransitive verb

  1. to make some sort of return for something done, given, etc.
  2. to move alternately back and forth; interchange position
  3. Archaic to be correspondent or equivalent

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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