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Reciprocation


RECIPROCA'TION, noun [Latin reciprocatio.]

1. Interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as the reciprocation of kindnesses.

2. Alternation; as the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.

3. Regular return or alternation of two symptoms or diseases.