Reciprocation synonyms

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return
A return ticket.
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trade
An exchange of one thing for another:
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mutual exchange
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quid pro quo
One thing in return for another
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exchange (related)
The act or an instance of exchanging:
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counterattack
US spelling of counter-attack.
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counterblow
A blow given in return
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reprisal
Reprisal is an act of using force or causing injury for vengeance.
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requital
A requiting or being requited
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retaliation
Violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.
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retribution
(Theology) Punishment or reward distributed in a future life based on performance in this one.
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revenge
Something done in retaliation, especially a defeat of a rival who has been victorious.
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tit for tat
Tit for tat is defined as a repayment of equal value for a trade or for retaliation.
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vengeance
Vengeance is something done in revenge, such as a punishment issued.
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an eye for an eye
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a tooth for a tooth
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like-for-like
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attack (related)
The experience or beginning of a feeling, need, or desire:
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forgiveness (related)
The action of forgiving.
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interchange
A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
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give-and-take
(Idiomatic) A process of compromise or accommodation.
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reciprocity (related)
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altruism (related)
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mutuality (related)
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Find another word for reciprocation. In this page you can discover 26 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for reciprocation, like: return, trade, mutual exchange, quid pro quo, exchange, counteraction, counterattack, counterblow, reprisal, requital and retaliation.
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Reciprocation Sentence Examples

  • In the particular case where the motion is of the kind known as simple harmonic the disturbing force on the frame due to the reciprocation of the weight is equal to the component of the centrifugal force in the line of stroke due to a weight equal to the reciprocated weight supposed concentrated at the crank pin.

  • He bases all moral phenomena on five facts: - (i) Man is susceptible to pleasure (and pain); (2) he likes (or dislikes) their causes; (3) he desires to reciprocate pleasure and pain received; (4) he expects such reciprocation from others; (5) he feels more or less sympathy with the same feelings in his fellows (Letters, 3rd series).

  • In practice reciprocation is usually effected through a connecting rod, as in the case of steam engines.

  • Although this method balances the pistons in the horizontal plane, and thus allows the pull of the engine on the train to be exerted without the variation due to the reciprocation of the pistons, yet the force balanced horizontally is introduced vertically and appears as a variation of pressure on the rail.

  • A focus or directrix is equal to two conditions; hence such problems as: given a focus and three points; a focus, two points and one tangent; and a focus, one point and two tangents are soluble (very conveniently by employing the principle of reciprocation).

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