Respond and Reciprocate

Respond

Respond verb - To act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence).

Reciprocate is a synonym for respond in react topic. In some cases you can use "Reciprocate" instead a verb "Respond", when it comes to topics like hit back at, act in answer to something.

Reciprocate

Reciprocate verb - To make a return for.
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Synonyms for Reciprocate

Respond is a synonym for reciprocate in return topic. You can use "Respond" instead a verb "Reciprocate", if it concerns topics such as exchange.

Common collocations

desire respond desire reciprocate desire
friendship respond friendship reciprocate friendship
sort respond sort reciprocate sort
way respond way reciprocate way
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