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Reliance

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Noun

1. reliance, trust

certainty based on past experience

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. reliance

the state of relying on something

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Reliance

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noun
1. 
dependence, confidence, or trust
2. 
something or someone upon which one relies

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Reliance

see synonyms of reliance
noun
1. 
the act of relying
2. 
trust, dependence, or confidence
3. 
a thing relied on

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Reliance

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n.
1. The act of relying or the state of being reliant: the economy's reliance on imported oil.
2. The faith, confidence, or trust felt by one who relies: The general placed his reliance on the element of surprise. See Synonyms at trust.
3. Archaic One relied on; a mainstay.

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