Cor`re*spond"ent (-ent), a. [Cf. F. correspondant.] Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.

Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.
Hooker.

As fast the correspondent passions rise.
Thomson.

I will be correspondent to command.
Shak.

Cor`re*spond"ent, n. 1. One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter. Macaulay.

2. One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.

3. (Com.) One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.

• corresponding
  
• someone who or something which corresponds