reciprocity

[ res-uh-pros-i-tee ]

/ ˌrɛs əˈprɒs ɪ ti /

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noun

a reciprocal state or relation.

reciprocation; mutual exchange.

the relation or policy in commercial dealings between countries by which corresponding advantages or privileges are granted by each country to the citizens of the other.

Origin of reciprocity

1760–70; < Latin reciproc(us) (see reciprocal) + -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM reciprocity

non·rec·i·proc·i·ty, noun

Words nearby reciprocity

reciprocal transfusion, reciprocal translocation, reciprocate, reciprocating engine, reciprocation, reciprocity, reciprocity failure, recision, recit., recital, recitatif

Example sentences from the Web for reciprocity

Revisiting the soul music of Womack is a good first step to rescuing the reciprocity necessary for real intimacy.

Bobby Womack’s Sexual Democracy: The Late Soul Legend Preached Mutual Pleasure |David Masciotra |June 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The ethic of reciprocity lies at its center: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

What Jesus Really Means |Jay Parini |January 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
So to have these exchanges, the reciprocity has been marvelous.

How I Write: Jonathan Lethem |Noah Charney |September 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Good faith can produce creative plans for reciprocity and greater integration.

What Commentary Gets Wrong About Olmert-Abbas Negotiations |Bernard Avishai |May 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Reciprocity when it comes to loss is not a justification for bloodthirstiness but rather a demand for exactness.

Is Israel Immoral to Retaliate Against Gaza? |Thane Rosenbaum |November 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The reciprocity features of the McKinley tariff (P. 383) were also restored.

A Short History of the United States |Edward Channing
Now it is decidedly doubtful whether Kant means to limit the category of reciprocity to spatial existences.

A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' |Norman Kemp Smith
This much for the reciprocity of these obligations as derived from the action of the sovereign powers themselves.

Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) |Thomas Hart Benton
Reciprocity system, effects of, on British and foreign shipping, 117.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 410, December 1849 |Various
I voted for it, believing that it met, in a spirit of reciprocity, the British act of Parliament.

Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) |Thomas Hart Benton

British Dictionary definitions for reciprocity

reciprocity

/ (ˌrɛsɪˈprɒsɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ities

reciprocal action or relation

a mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges

Word Origin for reciprocity

C18: via French from Latin reciprocus reciprocal

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noun plural -ities

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reciprocity

noun

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