reciprocity
noun
a reciprocal state or relation.
reciprocities
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pluralof reciprocity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These kinds of resonances and reciprocities can allow a story to jump between elements without the need for novelistic bridge passages.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2014
We may live in a world of technological prowess, but we are still creatures guided by ancient reciprocities.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2012
The great American metaphysician Chuck Jones discerned some years ago that the universe operates in sequences of violent Newtonian reciprocities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our modern Arkwright Joe-Manton ages: All human dues and reciprocities changed into one great due of 'cash-payment.'
From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Thomas Carlyle
They will look round them, and cast about for some natural, permanent, and powerful ally, with whom they may interchange all cementing reciprocities, both commercial and political.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) by Various
