Meanings
plural reciprocations
- countableuncountableThe act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning.
the reciprocation of kindness
Synonyms: reciprocity
- countableuncountableAlternate 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.
Near-synonym: oscillation
1 more example
... the same pendulum alwayes maketh its reciprocations in equall times.
1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2Synonyms: oscillation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning.
nounAlternate 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounmutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian размяна
- размяна (razmjana)Translations
French réciprocité
- réciprocitéTranslations
German Vergeltung, Erwiderung
- VergeltungTranslations
- ErwiderungTranslations
Hungarian viszonzás
- viszonzásTranslations
Italian reciprocazione
- reciprocazioneTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with reciprocation
Cite this entry
reciprocation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reciprocation
“reciprocation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reciprocation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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