Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of relying or the state of being reliant.
- noun The faith, confidence, or trust felt by one who relies: synonym: trust.
- noun Archaic One relied on; a mainstay.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of relying, or the state or character of being reliant; confident rest for support; confidence; dependence: as, we may have perfect reliance on the promises of God; to have reliance on the testimony of witnesses.
- noun Anything on which to rely; sure dependence: ground of trust.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of relying on someone or something;
trust . - noun The condition of being
reliant ordependent . - noun A person or thing which relies on another.
- noun Anything on which to rely; ground of trust.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun certainty based on past experience
- noun the state of relying on something
Etymologies
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Examples
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But for most schools the main reliance is on the standard how-to journalism textbooks.
Woodstein U: Notes on the Mass Production and Questionable Education of Journalists 1977
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But for most schools the main reliance is on the standard how-to journalism textbooks.
Woodstein U: Notes on the Mass Production and Questionable Education of Journalists 1977
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Cutting medicare tomorrow would not be fair to seniors who have planned their retirement in reliance on medicare.
Matthew Yglesias » Paul Ryan’s Budget Alternative: Massive Rationing 2010
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It is not the job of the R commissioners to act as defense attorneys in reliance upon fact based defenses which may be (1) irrelevant, and (2) not provable.
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For example, a 2009 report from the Netherlands found that file sharing, partly in reliance on the personal use exception in Dutch law, has strong positive economic implications for welfare in the Netherlands over the short and long terms, substantially outweighing the loss of revenue by rights holders.
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Your self-reliance is super and should be a great example to follow for other moms out there who want to make a difference.
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Self reliance is dead with progressives and that is what is missing from any of the debates on this site.
Think Progress » Van Jones to Glenn Beck: ‘I see you, and I love you, brother.’ (Updated) 2010
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Copyright owners are not merely conferring a benefit that they can withdraw at will; others act in reliance when they integrate music into their psyches.
Archive 2009-03-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Self reliance is dead with progressives and that is what is missing from any of the debates on this site.
Think Progress » Van Jones to Glenn Beck: ‘I see you, and I love you, brother.’ (Updated) 2010
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He sued to recover money he donated to MHFM in reliance on its representations regarding its affiliation with the Order of St. Benedict, alleging fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and money had and received.
Archive 2009-03-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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