experienced or expressed by each of two or more people or groups about the other; reciprocal
mutual distrust
2.
common to or shared by both or all of two or more parties
a mutual friend
mutual interests
3.
denoting an insurance company, etc, in which the policyholders share the profits and expenses and there are no shareholders
▶ USAGE The use of mutual to mean common to or shared by two or more parties was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable. Tautologous use of mutual should be avoided: cooperation (not mutual cooperation) between the two countries
commutual in American English
(kəˈmjuːtʃuːəl)
adjective
archaic
mutual; reciprocal
Derived forms
commutuality (kəˌmjuːtʃuːˈælɪti)
noun
Word origin
[1595–1605; com- + mutual]This word is first recorded in the period 1595–1605. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: condensation, density, domain, premium, slur