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Reciprocation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Reciprocation : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Reciprocation : \Re*cip`ro*ca"tion\, n. [L. reciprocatio: cf. F.
reciprocation.]
1. The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual
giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindness.
2. Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of
the sea in the flow and ebb of tides. --Sir T. Browne.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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