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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the act of making or doing something in return;

2. alternating back-and-forth movement;

3. mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information);
[syn: interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reciprocation \Re*cip`ro*ca"tion\
   (r[-e]*s[i^]p"r[-o]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. reciprocatio: cf.
   F. r['e]ciprocation.]
   1. The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual
      giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindness.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of
      the sea in the flow and ebb of tides. --Sir T. Browne.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reciprocation
    n 1: the act of making or doing something in return
    2: alternating back-and-forth movement
    3: mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or
       exchanging (especially information) [syn: interchange,
       reciprocation, give-and-take]