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)

(obsolete) Response, answer.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto XII:
  Th'Angelicall soft trembling voyces made / To th'instruments diuine respondence meet […]
(now rare) Correspondence, agreement.

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