Reciprocation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

reciprocate + -ion

Full definition of reciprocation

Noun

1. The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindness.
2. Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides; oscillation.
• 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:... the same pendulum alwayes maketh its reciprocations in equall times.