as in repaid
to make a return for
reciprocated the favor by driving their neighbor to the airport
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Recent Examples of reciprocated
Outside your circle, someone’s bad behavior should not be reciprocated, keep it clean.
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Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
Outside your circle, someone’s bad behavior should not be reciprocated; keep it clean.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
His defense maintained throughout the trial that any gifts were reciprocated, and that he was not involved in the decision of where to grant the contracts.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Fuentes has reciprocated praise for Fishback.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Shane immediately reciprocated it with lightning-fast urgency, obliterating one of the last barriers between them.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
The second half of the week asks you to evaluate where your time, energy, and talents are going, and whether they’re being reciprocated in meaningful ways.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Dec. 2025
That sense of commitment is pivotal to a Capricorn, Kelly adds, but it must be reciprocated.
—Olivia Munson, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
And Mike's wooing was not initially reciprocated – Claire was married, divorcing her first husband, Rachel and Dayna's father, when Dayna was a baby.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
Outside your circle, someone’s bad behavior should not be reciprocated; keep it clean.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
His defense maintained throughout the trial that any gifts were reciprocated, and that he was not involved in the decision of where to grant the contracts.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Fuentes has reciprocated praise for Fishback.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Shane immediately reciprocated it with lightning-fast urgency, obliterating one of the last barriers between them.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
The second half of the week asks you to evaluate where your time, energy, and talents are going, and whether they’re being reciprocated in meaningful ways.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Dec. 2025
That sense of commitment is pivotal to a Capricorn, Kelly adds, but it must be reciprocated.
—Olivia Munson, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
And Mike's wooing was not initially reciprocated – Claire was married, divorcing her first husband, Rachel and Dayna's father, when Dayna was a baby.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reciprocated
repaid
Verb
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Investigators say only $17,000 was repaid.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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What has already been repaid, reimbursed, or recovered?—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Reciprocated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reciprocated. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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