RECIPROCATING — Definition of RECIPROCATING
verb
1
To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
2
To give something else in response (where the "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift.
I gave them apples from my tree; they reciprocated with a pie and some apple jelly.
3
To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.
A reciprocating engine.
4
To counter, retort or retaliate.
adjective
1
That moves backwards and forwards.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reciprocate
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