Synonyms 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.

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

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

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

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"

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Move

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. interconversion

   to respond to one action and making another which is combined or corresponding

   the interconversion of glycogen to glucose concentration was made constant by the liver.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 17, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reciprocateverb

   Synonyms:
   alternate, act interchangeably

2. reciprocateverb

   Synonyms:
   interchange, exchange

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1. Robert Einhorn:

   If, at the end of June, there is not a deal, and talks have broken off, I think that it is inevitable that the Congress will adopt new sanctions legislation, what that will mean is the Iranians will reciprocate.

2. Addison Mizner:

   Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.

3. Chuck Schumer:

   As Canada prepares to further open the border next month, the United States is failing to reciprocate, jeopardizing an already tenuous recovery for thousands of businesses, families, and communities across Upstate New York.

4. Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

   I would say to the Indonesian people and the Indonesian Government: We in Australia are always there to help you, and we hope that you might reciprocate, i don't want to prejudice the best possible relations with a very important friend and neighbor. But I've got to say that we can't just ignore this kind of thing.

5. 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.