Cŏr're-spŏnd'ençe or Cŏr're-spŏnd'en-cy, n.
n. [L. Lat. correspondentia, Fr. correspondance, Sp. correspondencia, It. corrispondenza.]
Sense 1. Mutual adaptation of one thing to another; congruity; fitness; relation.
The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be reasonable confirmations of the foreknowledge of God. Clark.
Sense 2. Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters. “Holding good correspondence with the other great men in the state.” Bacon.
To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post-office. Macaulay.
Sense 3. The letters which pass between correspondents.