Correspondence \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)