reciprocation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of making or doing something in return
  2. noun alternating back-and-forth movement
  3. noun mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
    interchange; give-and-take.

WordNet

Re*cip`ro*ca"tion noun
Etymology
L. reciprocatio: cf. F. reciprocation.
Definitions
  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. Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1913