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reciprocity
English
Etymology
From French réciprocité
Noun
reciprocity (countable and uncountable, plural reciprocities)
- The characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people.
- In a friendship, reciprocity occurs where the contribution of each party meets the expectations of the other party.
- A reciprocal relationship.
- A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.
- (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.
- (international law) The mutual exchange of rights, privileges or obligations between nations. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocity (international relations).
- (psychology) The responses of individuals to the actions of others.
Derived terms
- ethic of reciprocity
Related terms
- reciprocality
Translations
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revenge
English
Etymology
From Middle French revenge, a derivation from revenger, from Old French revengier (possibly influenced by Old Occitan revènge (“revenge, comeback”), from Old Occitan revenir (“to come back”)), a variant of Middle French revancher, from Old French revenchier. The variants Old French vengier (whence French venger) and Old French venchier are both descended from Latin vindic?, with stress-conditioned different parallel development in the inflectional forms. Compare avenge and vengeance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???v?nd?/
- Hyphenation: re?venge
Noun
revenge (usually uncountable, plural revenges)
- Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
- Synonyms: payback, wreak; see also Thesaurus:revenge
- A win by a previous loser.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
revenge (third-person singular simple present revenges, present participle revenging, simple past and past participle revenged)
- (transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.
- 1814, Lord Berners, The Ancient Chronicles of Sir John Froissart
- to revenge the death of our fathers
- The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.
- circa 1840, Leigh Hunt, The Seer; Or, Common-places Refreshed
- However, my veneration for that illustrious man was so great, that on the night when he died, I revenged him finely on his two principal enemies.
- 1814, Lord Berners, The Ancient Chronicles of Sir John Froissart
- (transitive, reflexive) To take one's revenge (on or upon someone).
- (intransitive, archaic) To take vengeance; to revenge itself.
Translations
See also
- vendetta
- avenge
- venge
- vengeance
- get one's own back
- get back at somebody
- retaliate
Anagrams
- genever
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