redamancy

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noun

The act of loving in return.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:redamancy.”

OriginNew Latin redamantia ← Latin redamō →
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Meanings

nounredamancy (countable and uncountable, plural redamancies)

plural redamancies

  1. countablerareuncountableThe act of loving in return.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:redamancy.

Origin

  1. Latinredamō“to requite love”
  2. New Latinredamantia
  3. Englishredamancy

From the New Latin redamantia, from the Classical Latin redamō (“to requite love”, transitive verb).

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APA

redamancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redamancy

MLA

“redamancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redamancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redamancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redamancy.

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