reliance

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The act of relying (on or in someone or something)

   The act of relying (on or in someone or something); trust.

   • Your reliance on his expertise may be misplaced.
   • […] his days and times are past And my reliances on his fracted [i.e. broken] dates Have smit my credit:
   • How unfavourable is Chance, said Arabella fretting at the Disappointment, to Persons who have any Reliance upon it!
2. 2

   The condition of being reliant or dependent.

   • The industry is working to phase out its reliance on fossil fuels.
   • […] he contended that habitual reliance on engine power causes a pilot to lose his ability to make a forced landing “deadstick” if necessary.
   • Poverty in Australia has declined, welfare reliance has stabilised and long-term poverty is becoming rare—but overall economic wellbeing is no longer improving […]
3. 3

   Anything on which to rely

   Anything on which to rely; ground of trust.

   • The boat was a poor reliance.
   • Thou wert once the chiefe pillar of my posterity, and the whole reliance of my name:
   • A horse is counted but a vain thing, […] to save a man. So are Chariots, and Forts, and Armies, and Navies, and all earthly reliances.
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   1. 4

      A person or thing which relies on another.

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