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reciprocity

/ˌrɛsəˈprɑsəti/

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What does reciprocity mean?

noun

  1. The characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people.
  2. A reciprocal relationship.
  3. A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.
  2. The mutual exchange of rights, privileges or obligations between nations. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocity (international relations).
  3. The responses of individuals to the actions of others.

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The reciprocity which belongs to a friendship between unequals may well be expected to give a higher zest to their union.
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743
With these views firmly and honestly carried out, we have a right to expect, and shall under all circumstances require, prompt reciprocity.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
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Division of the product, reciprocity of service, or guarantee of perpetual labor,--from the adoption of one of these courses the capitalist cannot escape.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
Reflect for a moment on how small and on what very peculiar causes the unequal reciprocity of fertility in the same two species must depend.
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739
Indeed when they talked on an indifferent subject, as now, there was ever a second silent conversation passing between their emotions, so perfect was the reciprocity between them.
Thomas HardyJude the ObscureProject Gutenberg ebook #153