respondence

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UK/ɹɪˈspɒndəns/

noun

Response, answer.

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respondency
OriginMiddle French respondance →
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Meanings

nounrespondence (plural respondences)

plural respondences

  1. obsoleteResponse, answer.

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

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. archaicCorrespondence, agreement.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Middle Frenchrespondance
  2. Englishrespondence

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

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Translations

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Cite this entry
APA

respondence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respondence

MLA

“respondence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respondence. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “respondence,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respondence.

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