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Main Entry:	reciprocate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	exchange, alternate; equal
Synonyms:	barter, be equivalent, correspond, feel in return, interchange, make up for, match, pay one’s dues, recompense, render, repay, reply, requite, respond, retaliate, retort, return, return the compliment, scratch one’s back, serve out, share, square, swap, swing, tit for tat*, trade, vacillate
Antonyms:	deny, refuse

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Main Entry:	reciprocate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	To give or take mutually.
Synonyms:	requite, return

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Main Entry:	retaliate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	To return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one.
Synonyms:	counter, hit back, retort, strike back

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Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Main Entry:	reciprocate
Part of Speech:	verb
Synonyms:	alternate, correspond, equal, exchange, interchange, match, recompense, repay, requite, retaliate, return, swap, trade

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