reciprocation

  1. Noun.  The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindness.
  2. Noun.  Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides; oscillation.

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