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Meaning of 'reliance' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Reliance [ n.]
- The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority.
- Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance.

Meaning of 'reliance' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . reliance [ n]
Meaning (1):
- certainty based on past experience
Example in sentence:
  • he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun;
  • he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists

Nearby Words:

relade relaid relais reland relapse relapsed relapser relapsing relate related

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