Cor`re*spond"ence (-sp?nd"ens),
n. [Cf. F.
correspondance.]
1. Friendly intercourse;
reciprocal exchange
of civilities; especially,
intercourse between
persons by means of
letters.
Holding also 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.
2.
The letters which pass between
correspondents.
3. Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to
another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.
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