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reciprocations

reciprocations is the plural of reciprocation.

Meaning of reciprocation

Noun

reciprocation (countable and uncountable, plural reciprocations)

  1. The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning.
    • the reciprocation of kindness
    Synonyms:
    reciprocity
  2. Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides, or the back and forth motion in a piston engine.
    • Near-synonym: oscillation
    Synonyms:
    oscillation

Questions about reciprocations

What is reciprocations the plural of?
Reciprocations is the plural of reciprocation.

Words near reciprocations in the dictionary

  1. reciprocating engine
  2. reciprocating engines
  3. reciprocating saw
  4. reciprocating saws
  5. reciprocation
  6. reciprocations
  7. reciprocative
  8. reciprocatively
  9. reciprocator
  10. reciprocators
  11. reciprocatory

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