reciprocal.

1. Given, experienced, or performed in return between two parties.

2. A number that gives one when multiplied by the original nonzero number.

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Words that belong together

• reciprocal agreement
• reciprocal influence

On the page

The agreement established reciprocal obligations.

The study examined reciprocal influence.

Their reciprocal support sustained the project.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic. Forms: Normally non-gradable for relation. Noun reciprocal; reciprocals. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.