noun
- a reciprocal state or relation.
- reciprocation; mutual exchange.
- the relation or policy in commercial dealings between countries by which corresponding advantages or privileges are granted by each country to the citizens of the other.
noun plural -ities
- reciprocal action or relation
- a mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges
1766, from French réciprocité (18c.), from reciproque, from Latin reciprocus, past participle of reciprocare (see reciprocal).