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reciprocate

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Verb

  1. To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
  2. To give something else in response (where the "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift.
  3. To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.
  4. To counter, retort or retaliate.

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