Antonyms for reciprocate
rɪˈsɪp rəˌkeɪtre·cip·ro·cate

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1. reciprocate

   To repay or to retaliate, to punish or to reward, may be to make some return very inadequate to the benefit or injury received, or the right or wrong done; but to requite (according to its etymology) is to make so full and adequate a return as to quit oneself of all obligation of favor or hostility, of punishment or reward. Requite is often used in the more general sense of recompense or repay, but always with the suggestion, at least, of the original idea of full equivalent; when one speaks of requiting kindness with ingratitude, the expression gains force from the comparison of the actual with the proper and appropriate return. Compare PAY.

   Antonyms:
   absolve, acquit, excuse, forget, forgive, neglect, overlook, pardon, pardon, pass over, slight

   Synonyms:
   avenge, compensate, pay, pay off, punish, quit, recompense, remunerate, repay, requite, retaliate, return, revenge, reward, satisfy, settle with

   Preposition:
   To requite injury with injury is human, but not Christian.

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1. • Act
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Princeton's WordNet

1. reciprocateverb

   act, feel, or give mutually or in return

   "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!"

2. reciprocateverb

   alternate the direction of motion of

   "the engine reciprocates the propeller"

How to use reciprocate in a sentence?

1. Jennifer Lehr:

   The message a child gets is that not only is another person's emotional state their responsibility but that they must also sacrifice their own bodies to buoy another's ego or satisfy their desire for love or affection, certainly no parent would wish for their teenager or adult child to feel pressure to reciprocate unwanted sexual advances, yet many teach their children at a young age that it's their job to use their bodies to make others happy.

2. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   Before you ask the person to vote, do something nice and unexpected that will make that person feel the need to reciprocate the favor.

3. Angela Ahlers:

   We want to raise our son to not reciprocate hatred with hatred. We want to battle hatred with love, so, we obviously know somebody that did this is disturbed and we hope they get help. But, we're going to keep taking your signs down as we see them because this town doesn't need hatred. This town needs love.

4. Barbara Muni:

   These are our sailors who go out in harm's way to protect our security in this part of the world, i feel I have the moral obligation to reciprocate if I could.

5. State Department:

   This action is to reciprocate the Maduro regime's decision to declare the Chargé d'Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas personae non grata.

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