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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

reciprocity
    n 1: a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
         [syn: reciprocality, reciprocity]
    2: mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Reciprocity \Rec`i*proc"i*ty\ (r[e^]s`[i^]*pr[o^]s"[i^]*t[y^]),
   n. [Cf. F. r['e]ciprocit['e]. See Reciprocal.]
   1. Mutual action and reaction.
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   2. Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights;
      reciprocation.
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   Reciprocity treaty, or Treaty of reciprocity, a treaty
      concluded between two countries, conferring equal
      privileges as regards customs or charges on imports, or in
      other respects.
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   Syn: Reciprocation; interchange; mutuality.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

RECIPROCITY. Mutuality; state, quality or character of that which is 
reciprocal. 
     2. The states of the Union are bound to many acts of reciprocity. The 
constitution requires that they shall deliver to each other fugitives from 
justice; that the records of one state, properly authenticated, shall have 
full credit in the other states; that the citizens of one state shall be 
citizens of any state into which they may remove. In some of the states, as 
in Pennsylvania, the rule with regard to the effect of a discharge under the 
insolvent laws of another state, are reciprocated; the discharges of those 
courts which respect the discharges of the courts of Pennsylvania, are 
respected in that state.

Thesaurus Results for Reciprocity:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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