Reliance
[rɪ'laɪəns]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) the state of relying on something.
Typist: Mason--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance.
Typist: Patricia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Dependence, trust, confidence.[2]. Hope, ground of trust.
Typed by Dewey
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Confidence, trust, dependence, assurance
ANT:Distrust, misgiving, suspicion, diffidence
Editor: Val
Examples
- On the strength of Darcy's regard, Bingley had the firmest reliance, and of his judgement the highest opinion. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The offered hand--rather large, but beautifully formed--was given to me with the easy, unaffected self-reliance of a highly-bred woman. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She has such a strong attachment to you and reliance on you. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Her mind, disposition, opinions, and habits wanted no half-concealment, no self-deception on the present, no reliance on future improvement. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He knew that his purpose was in the main a good one, and he placed implicit reliance on the high-minded Job. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The Papacy seemed to be balancing its traditional reliance upon the faithful Habsburgs against its quarrel with republican France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If my whole reliance and confidence were not placed in you, I must have a hard heart indeed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His chief reliance was on education and improved methods of husbandry, but he resembled Horace Greeley in h is hospitality to any project for the public welfare. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I have come down here, Sir, to expose the treachery and falsehood of an individual, upon whose truth and honour I placed implicit reliance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I never could again have known peace, if I had been deceived in my reliance on her. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- With a scornful self-reliance, she asked herself, What did anything matter—and went on. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Excessive reliance upon others for data (whether got from reading or listening) is to be depreciated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- His reliance on the weather report was not misplaced, since the storm came with full force at noon. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I encouraged him to talk about Sophy, on the way; which he did with a loving reliance on her that I very much admired. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Franklin, recognized as a promising young man by the Governor, Sir William Keith, as previously by Governor Burnet of Ne w York, had a growing sense of personal freedom and self-reliance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Edited by Fergus