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reciprocity

[res-uh-pros-i-tee]

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noun

a reciprocal state or relation.

the relation or policy in commercial dealings between countries by which corresponding advantages or privileges are granted by each country to the citizens of the other.

Origin:
1760–70; < Latin reciproc(us) (see reciprocal) + -ity

Related forms

non·rec·i·proc·i·ty, noun

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reciprocity (ˌrɛsɪˈprɒsɪtɪ)

—n , pl -ities
1.	reciprocal action or relation
2.	a mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges

[C18: via French from Latin reciprocusreciprocal]

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Word Origin & History

reciprocity

1766, from Fr. réciprocité, from L. reciprocus (see reciprocal).

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"Between women love is contemplative; caresses are intended less to gain possession of the other than gradually to re-create the self through her; separateness is abolished, there is no struggle, no victory, no defeat; in exact reciprocity each is at once subject and object, sovereign and slave; duality become mutuality."

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