A person's or thing's reliance on something is the fact that they need it and often cannot live or work without it. the country's increasing reliance on foreign aid. = dependence. when someone or something is dependent on someone or something else = dependence reliance on/upon
Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance
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
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"
A situation in which an institution has encouraged its customers to become reliant on their services, and is therefore legally obligated to continue to provide those services
An individual's relative freedom from feeling the need to rely on others for help with instrumental or task-oriented activities (vs emotional reliance on significant others/attachment figures) In PARTheory self-reliance is distinguished from independence
Self-reliance is the ability to do things and make decisions by yourself, without needing other people to help you. People learned self-reliance because they had to = independence