Reciprocation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reciprocation
       n 1: the act of making and return or doing something in return
       2: alternating back-and-forth movement
       3: mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or
          reciprocating [syn: {interchange}, {give-and-take}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "reciprocation":
     Lissajous figure, 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, 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