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reciprocation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reciprocation \Re*cip`ro*ca"tion\ (r[-e]*s[i^]p"r[-o]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. reciprocatio: cf. F. r['e]ciprocation.]
The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindness.
Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.
--Sir T. Browne.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, "mode of expression;" 1560s, "act of reciprocating," from Latin reciprocationem (nominative reciprocatio) "retrogression, alternation, ebb," noun of action from past participle stem of reciprocare "move back, turn back," also "come and go, move back and forth;" from reciprocus (see reciprocal).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of reciprocate; 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; oscillation.
WordNet
n. the act of making and return or doing something in return
alternating back-and-forth movement
mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or reciprocating [syn: interchange, give-and-take]
Wikipedia
Reciprocation may refer to:
- Reciprocating motion, a type of oscillatory motion, as in the action of a reciprocating saw
- Reciprocation in geometry, an operation with circles that involves transforming each point in plane into its polar line and each line in the plane into its pole
Usage examples of "reciprocation".
Indeed, it may well be that a developed system of indebtedness flowing from the rule of reciprocation is a unique property of human culture.
With such clearly adaptive consequences for the culture, it is not surprising that the rule for reciprocation is so deeply implanted in us by the process of socialization we all undergo.
Although the Regan study represents a fairly simple demonstration of the workings of the rule of reciprocation, it illustrates several important characteristics of the rule that, upon further consideration, help us to understand how it may be profitably used.
They began to employ a donation-request procedure that engaged the rule for reciprocation, which, as demonstrated by the Regan study, was strong enough to overcome dislike for the requester.
Only after the Krishna member had thus brought the force of the reciprocation rule to bear on the situation was the target asked to provide a contribution to the society.
Perhaps my favorite illustration of the enormous force available from the reciprocation weapon of influence comes from such a situation.
If I were to live up to the dictates of the reciprocation rule, there had to be a concession on my part.
Such a requester has chosen to become a jujitsu warrior who aligns himself or herself with the sweeping power of reciprocation and then merely releases that power by providing a first favor or concession.
In accordance with the reciprocation rule, you should stand more ready to provide a return favor if you were to see him in need of aid at some point in the future.
Recall that the rule for reciprocation entitles a person who has acted in a certain way to a dose of the same thing.
But his sudden, gratuitous advice, not unkindly spoken, had induced in Maia a typically spontaneous impulse towards the only kind of reciprocation at her command.