different between equality vs reciprocation

English

Alternative forms

• æquality (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequ?lit?s, aequ?lit?tem. Doublet of equity.

Morphologically equal +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ??kw?l-?-t? IPA^(key): /??kw?l.?.ti/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??kw?l.?.ti/

Noun

equality (usually uncountable, plural equalities)

1. The fact of being equal.
2. (mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
3. The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

Synonyms

• (fact of being equal): equivalence parity

Antonyms

• (fact of being equal): difference, inequality, nonequivilence
• (equal treatment of people): discrimination, inequality

Translations

References

• equality at OneLook Dictionary Search
• equality in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "equality" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 117.
• equality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

reciprocate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

reciprocation (countable and uncountable, plural reciprocations)

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

2. Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides; oscillation.
   • 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:

     ... the same pendulum alwayes maketh its reciprocations in equall times.

Translations

See also

• requital
• retaliation

References

• reciprocation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• reciprocation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “reciprocation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN