the state or quality of being receptive; receptiveness
Also: recipiency
Word origin
[1880–85; recipi(ent) + -ence]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, automatism, impressionism, irredentist, pari-mutuel-ence is a suffix used to form nouns either from adjectives in -ent or from verbs. Other words that use the affix -ence include: coherence, convergence, interference, precedence, reference