respondence

English

Etymology

Partly from Middle French respondance, partly from respond +‎ -ence.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɒndəns/
• Hyphenation: res‧pon‧dence

Noun

respondence (plural respondences)

1. (obsolete) Response, answer.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Th'Angelicall soft trembling voyces made / To th'instruments diuine respondence meet […]

2. (now rare) Correspondence, agreement.