correspondence

noun

(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.

(countable or uncountable) Postal or other written communications.

Mutual communication or discourse:

(uncountable) Newspaper or news stories.

Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc:

(countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.

(set theory, countable) A relation.

(theology, Swedenborgianism) A similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)

(uncountable, obsolete) Friendly discussion.

Roots

spondeospond- · Latin · pledge, promise

Synonyms for correspondence

lettersn parallelismn communicationn airmailn dealingsn corelationn intercommunicationn

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