reciprocate
verb
[ rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt ]
• respond to (a gesture or action) by making a corresponding one.
• "the favour was reciprocated"
Similar:
do the same (in return),
respond in kind,
return the favour,
give as good as one gets,
give tit for tat,
• (of a part of a machine) move backwards and forwards in a straight line.
• "when you're shooting most semi-automatic handguns, the slide reciprocates as part of the firing cycle"
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin reciprocat- ‘moved backwards and forwards’, from the verb reciprocare, from reciprocus (see reciprocal).
