'Reciprocation' definitions:
Definition of 'reciprocation'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of making or doing something in return
noun
Alternating back-and-forth movement
noun
Mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) [syn: interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take]
Definition of 'Reciprocation'
From: GCIDE
- Reciprocation \Re*cip`ro*ca"tion\ (r[-e]*s[i^]p"r[-o]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. reciprocatio: cf. F. r['e]ciprocation.]
- 1. The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reciprocation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alternation,
- back-and-forth,
- balance,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- boomerang,
- coequality,
- comeback,
- coming and going,
- communion,
- community,
- commutation,
- cooperation,
- corelation,
- correlation,
- correlativism,
- correlativity,
- correspondence,
- counter,
- counterblast,
- counterblow,
- counterchange,
- counterstroke,
- cross fire,
- ebb and flow,
- equilibrium,
- equipollence,
- equivalence,
- exchange,
- flux and reflux,
- give-and-take,
- interchange,
- intermutation,
- interplay,
- inverse proportion,
- inverse ratio,
- inverse relationship,
- lex talionis,
- Lissajous figure,
- measure for measure,
- mutual admiration,
- mutual support,
- mutual transfer,
- mutuality,
- permutation,
- proportionality,
- quid pro quo,
- reciprocality,
- reciprocity,
- recoil,
- relativity,
- reply,
- retaliation,
- retort,
- return,
- rhythmic play,
- seesaw,
- seesawing,
- sine wave,
- something for something,
- symmetry,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- teeter-tottering,
- teetering,
- tit for tat,
- to-and-fro,
- tottering,
- transposal,
- transposition,
- ups and downs,
- wigwag
Words containing 'Reciprocation'
- Reciprocal,
- Reciprocality,
- Reciprocally,
- Reciprocalness,
- Reciprocate,
- Reciprocated,
- Reciprocating,
- Reciprocity,
- Reciprocous,
- reciprocative,
- Reciprocal equation,
- Reciprocal figures,
- Reciprocal proportion,
- Reciprocal quantities,
- Reciprocal ratio,
- Reciprocal terms,
- Reciprocally proportional,
- Reciprocating engine,
- Reciprocating motion,
- Reciprocity treaty,
- Treaty of reciprocity,
- reciprocal cross,
- reciprocal inhibition,
- reciprocal ohm,
- reciprocal pronoun,
- reciprocating saw,
- law of reciprocal proportions,
- nonreciprocal vs reciprocal,
- reciprocal-inhibition therapy