backscratches
Trades mutual assistance
Backscratches is the plural of backscratch and the third-person singular of the verb.
A backscratch is literally scratching someone's back to relieve an itch, but the word more often describes mutual favor-trading: The deal involved the usual political backscratches.
To backscratch is to exchange such favors, typically with an implication of cronyism or mild corruption.
Shared dependence or exchange
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- reciprocationMutual exchange of actions
- tradeoffExchange involving sacrifice
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
payback · return · arrangement · understanding · deal · transaction · agreement · cronyism
Considerate, caring disposition
- goodwillKindly, generous spirit
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- helpfulnessDisposition toward aiding others
- generosityReadiness to give freely
support · assistance · aid · service · benefit · accommodation · consideration · friendliness
mutuality
Shared dependence or exchange
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- reciprocationMutual exchange of actions
- tradeoffExchange involving sacrifice
barter · payback · return · arrangement · understanding · deal · transaction · agreement · cronyism · nepotism
kindness
Considerate, caring disposition
- goodwillKindly, generous spirit
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- helpfulnessDisposition toward aiding others
generosity · support · assistance · aid · service · benefit · accommodation · consideration · friendliness · obligingness
backscratchesaltruism
Prioritizing others' wellbeing
selflessness · no strings attached · charity · philanthropy · magnanimity
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Treacherously harms someone trusting
betrays · stabs in the back · double-crosses · undermines · sabotages