RESPONDENCE

Etymology

Noun

respondence (plural respondences)

(obsolete) Response, answer.

(now rare) Correspondence, agreement.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*spond"ence, Re*spond"en*cy, n.

Definition: The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an answering. A. Chalmers. The angelical soft trembling voice made To the instruments divine respondence meet. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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