Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reliance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reliance \Re*li"ance\ (-ans), n. [From {Rely}.]
1. 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.
In reliance on promises which proved to be of very
little value. --Macaulay.
2. Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust;
as, the boat was a poor reliance. --Richardson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reliance
n 1: certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with
considerable reliance on the work of other scientists";
"he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun"
[syn: {trust}]
2: the state of relying on something
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