Reciprocation vs. Reciprocity — What's the Difference?

An alternating back-and-forth movement.

A reciprocal condition or relationship.

The act or fact of reciprocating; interchange.

A mutual or cooperative interchange of favors or privileges, especially the exchange of rights or privileges of trade between nations.

The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning

The characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people.

Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides; oscillation.

A reciprocal relationship.

The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindness.

A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.

Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.

(grammar) A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.

The act of making and return or doing something in return

(international law) The mutual exchange of rights, privileges or obligations between nations. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocity (international relations).

Alternating back-and-forth movement

(psychology) The responses of individuals to the actions of others.

Mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or reciprocating

Mutual action and reaction.

Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights; reciprocation.

A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence

Mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges