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analogous; complementary, complemental, completing. reciprocate, v. 1. return, give back, respond, respond in kind, return the favor, do the same for [s.o.], Inf scratch [s.o.'s] back, Chiefly U.S. logroll; come back, retort, riposte; pay back, retaliate, requite; correspond, complement, complete.
2. interchange, exchange, give and receive, give and take, counterchange; bandy, barter, bargain, swap, dicker.
3. alternate, rotate, switch, shift, shift the burden, share, share the load, take turns. reciprocation, n. 1. mutuality, interchange, exchange, trade-off, return, give-and-take, Obs. counterchange; correspondence, correlation, reciprocity, reciprocality, reciprocalness, Inf. backscratching, quid pro quo, tit for tat, Chiefly U.S. logrolling.
2. return, repayment, compensation; retaliation, requital, reprisal, retribution, vindication, vengeance, an eye for an eye.
3. bargain, barter, trade, dicker, swap, switch, transfer.
4. transposition, permutation, substitution, commutation; alternation, rotation. reciprocity, n. See reciprocation (def. 1). recital, n. 1. musical performance, musicale, concert, staging; solo performance, solo, one-man show; performance, public performance, presentation, delivery, entertainment, show.
2. recitation, reading, rehearsal, repetition; monologue, soliloquy, speech, talk. See recitation (def. 1).
3. narration, narrative, account, report, in-depth report or account, chronicle, history, record; relation, communication, sharing, telling, recounting, recapitulation; delineation, circumstantiation, exposition; description, portrayal, characterization, sketch, depiction, picture, picturization, representation, word painting; rendition, version, interpretation. See narrative (defs. 1-3). recitation, n. 1. recital, reciting, reading, solo; monologue, soliloquy, rehearsal, repetition, review, running through or over, recapitulation; presentation, delivery, performance, rendition, interpretation; oration, declamation, address, Speech, elocution.
2. oral response or answer, oral lesson or instruction, oral exercise, oral reading, round robin; oral, oral exam or examination.
3. memorized piece, something learned by heart, quotation; piece, number, speech, talk, U.S. SI. bit, SI. thing. recite, v. 1. repeat or say from memory or by heart, quote, do a recitation, give a recitation or recital, give or do a reading; repeat, rehearse, review, run through or over; present or do one's number or piece, U.S. SI. present or do one's bit or thing, give one's spiel; deliver one's speech or talk, declaim, orate; perform, give a performance, give one's rendition or interpretation or version.
2. relate, narrate, recount, tell, tell about, tell the story of, brief [s.o.], fill [s.o.] in; report on, give an account or report of, chronicle, make a report; state, utter, articulate, put [s.t.] into words; communicate, convey, impart, relay, pass on, share; detail, circumstantiate, set forth, lay [s.t.] out, delineate; describe, portray, sketch, depict, render, characterize, Archaic, limn.
3. enumerate, numerate, number, count off, rattle off, reel off, call off, check off; list, itemize, specify, particularize, name one by one, read one at a time; recapitulate, go over, check over, run over or through, review; count up, add up, sum up, tally up, score up, total up, reckon, figure, calculate, compute.
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