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reliable

adj
/ɹɪˈlaɪəbl̩/

Etymology

From rely + -able.

  1. derived from religo
  2. derived from relier
  3. inherited from relien
  4. formed as reliable — “rely + -able”

Definitions

  1. Suitable or fit to be relied on

    Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy

    • a reliable witness to the truth of the miracles
    • the best means, and the most reliable pledge, of a higher object
    • According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable, being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs.

  2. Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires…

    Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't.

  3. Something or someone reliable or dependable

    • the old reliables

The neighborhood

Derived

nonreliable, reliabilism, reliabilist, reliableness, reliably, semireliable, superreliable, ultrareliable

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at reliable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01reliable02trust03services04consists05consist06compatible07consistent08dependable

A definitional loop anchored at reliable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at reliable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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