réciprocité — meaning in English
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English meaning
- reciprocation noun The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning.
- reciprocity noun The practice of exchanging things with someone for mutual benefit, so that a favour, kindness or concession is returned in kind.
Senses
réciprocité is used for these senses in English:
- reciprocity (grammar) A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.
reciprocation — full definition
- noun The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning.
- noun 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.
reciprocity — full definition
- noun The practice of exchanging things with someone for mutual benefit, so that a favour, kindness or concession is returned in kind.
- noun An arrangement between countries, states or institutions under which each grants the other's citizens or members the same rights, recognition or privileges.
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