mu·tu·al·i·ty

[myoo-choo-al-i-tee]
noun
condition or quality of being mutual; reciprocity; mutual dependence.

Origin:
1580–90; mutual + -ity

non·mu·tu·al·i·ty, noun
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mutual (ˈmjuːtʃʊəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  experienced or expressed by each of two or more people or groups about the other; reciprocal: mutual distrust
2.  common to or shared by both or all of two or more parties: a mutual friend; mutual interests
3.  denoting an insurance company, etc, in which the policyholders share the profits and expenses and there are no shareholders
 
[C15: from Old French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus reciprocal (originally: borrowed); related to mūtāre to change]
 
usage  The use of mutual to mean common to or shared by two or more parties was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable. Tautologous use of mutual should be avoided: cooperation (not mutual cooperation) between the two countries
 
mutuality
 
n
 
'mutualness
 
n
 
'mutually
 
adv

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Mutuality is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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mutuality
1580s, from mutual + -ity.
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Example sentences
The mutuality of debt requirement specifies that the claim and off-setting debt
  must be between the same parties.
Mutuality within the arbitration agreement itself is required.
Thus, there was no mutuality of interest in a business purpose.
We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment
  of destiny.
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