mutual > define

adjective

• Common to or shared by two or more parties.
  • usage: "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
  • synonyms: common
• Concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return.
  • usage: "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other clubs"
  • synonyms: reciprocal

• (a.) Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc.
• (a.) Possessed, experienced or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort.