reciprocation
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re·cip·ro·ca·tion
(rĭ-sĭp′rə-kā′shən)n.
1. An alternating back-and-forth movement.
2. The act or fact of reciprocating; interchange.
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Noun | 1. | reciprocation - the act of making or doing something in return getting even, paying back, return - a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got" |
2. | reciprocation - alternating back-and-forth movement | |
3. | reciprocation - mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) interaction - a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting reciprocity - mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges cross-fertilisation, cross-fertilization - interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial; "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts" |
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reciprocation
nounThe act of retaliating:
counteraction, counterattack, counterblow, reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge, tit for tat, vengeance.
Idioms: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, like for like , measure for measure .
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reciprocation
[rɪˌsɪprəˈkeɪʃən] N → reciprocidad f, correspondencia fthere was no reciprocation of his generosity → su generosidad no fue correspondida
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reciprocation
n
(Tech) → Hin und Her nt; (of pistons) → Auf und Ab nt
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