reciprocate

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de répondre à un geste ou à un acte par un acte similaire, ou d'échanger mutuellement quelque chose.

A verb used to indicate the act of responding to a gesture or action by making a corresponding one, or to give and receive mutually.

1. Act or feel mutuallyB2formal

   To respond to an action or emotion with a corresponding action or emotion; to give in return.

   Rendre la pareille

   • She smiled at him, and he reciprocated with a warm greeting.
   • He hoped she would reciprocate his feelings.
   • The company reciprocated the gesture by offering a discount.

   Synonymesexchangerecompenserepayrequiteretaliatereturn

   Antonymesdisregardignorerebuffrejectspurnwithhold

2. Alternate direction of motionC1formal

   To move back and forth in a straight line; to alternate the direction of motion.

   Faire un mouvement de va-et-vient

   • The engine's piston reciprocates within the cylinder.
   • The saw blade reciprocates rapidly to cut through the wood.
   • The mechanism reciprocates to create a pumping action.

   Synonymesalternateoscillaterockseesawswingvibrate