Associations to the word «Reliance»

Wiktionary

RELIANCE, noun. The act of relying on someone or something; trust.
RELIANCE, noun. The condition of being reliant or dependent.
RELIANCE, noun. A person or thing which relies on another.
RELIANCE, noun. Anything on which to rely; ground of trust.

Dictionary definition

RELIANCE, 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".
RELIANCE, noun. The state of relying on something.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis