reciprocation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning.
Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides, or the back and forth motion in a piston engine.

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reciprocation reciprocations

From reciprocate + -ion.

exchange interchange reciprocation reciprocity oscillation

ignorance

reciprocating engine requital retaliation

unreciprocation

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