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Webster 1913 Edition
Reciprocity
1.
Mutual action and reaction.
2.
Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights; reciprocation.
Reciprocity treaty
, or Treaty of reciprocity
a treaty concluded between two countries, conferring equal privileges as regards customs or charges on imports, or in other respects.
Syn. – Reciprocation; interchange; mutuality.
Webster 1828 Edition
Reciprocity
RECIPROC'ITY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
reciprocity
reciprocity
English
Noun
reciprocity (countable and uncountable, plural reciprocities)
- The characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people.
- In a friendship, reciprocity occurs where the contribution of each party meets the expectations of the other party.
- A reciprocal relationship.
- A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.
- The mutual exchange of rights, privileges or obligations between nations.
- (psychology) The responses of individuals to the actions of others.
Translations
the state or quality of being reciprocal
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