reciprocation
pronunciation
How to pronounce reciprocation in British English:
UK [rɪˌsɪprə'keɪʃn]
How to pronounce reciprocation in American English:
US [rɪˌsɪprəˈkeʃən]
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- Noun:
- the act of making and return or doing something in return
- alternating back-and-forth movement
- mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or reciprocating
Word Origin
- reciprocation (n.)
- 1520s, "mode of expression;" 1560s, "act of reciprocating," from Latin reciprocationem (nominative reciprocatio) "retrogression, alternation, ebb," noun of action from past participle stem of reciprocare "move back, turn back," also "come and go, move back and forth;" from reciprocus (see reciprocal).
Example
- 1. She had loved him almost all her life without reciprocation .
- 2. We assure you of our reciprocation your courtesy at any time .
- 3. Honesty , order , reciprocation and pursuit .
- 4. The enterprise can not use the moral principles as an exchange means to seek reciprocation from society .
- 5. He become queen assist its people , | for reciprocation .