reliance

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noun

1. certainty based on past experience (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
trust
• Derivationally related forms:
trust (for: trust), rely
• Hypernyms:
certainty
2. the state of relying on something (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
reliant, rely
• Hypernyms:
dependence, dependance, dependency