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Webster 1913 Edition
Reciprocation
Re-cipˊro-ca′tion
(rē̍-sĭp′rō̍-kā′shŭn)
, Noun.
[L.
reciprocatio
: cf. F. réciprocation
.] 1.
The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning;
as, the
. reciprocation
of kindness2.
Alternate recurrence or action;
as, the
. reciprocation
of the sea in the flow and ebb of tidesSir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Reciprocation
RECIPROCA'TION
,Noun.
1.
Interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as the reciprocation of kindnesses.2.
Alternation; as the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.3.
Regular return or alternation of two symptoms or diseases.