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Answer for the clue "Dependence (on) ", 8 letters:
reliance

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reliance \Re*li"ance\ (-ans), n. [From Rely .] 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. In reliance on promises which proved to be ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from rely + -ance .

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Population (2000): 206 Housing Units (2000): 92 Land area (2000): 1.087756 sq. miles (2.817276 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.052724 sq. miles (0.136555 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.140480 sq. miles (2.953831 sq. km) FIPS code: 54020 Located within: South ...

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of relying on someone or something; trust. 2 The condition of being reliant or dependent. 3 A person or thing which relies on another. 4 Anything on which to rely; ground of trust.

Usage examples of reliance.

He begins to doubt the wisdom of reliance upon that worn apothegm about absence conquering love.

Wright and the promise of more independence and even innovation of approach inherent in the new sentiments of Japanese architects, the 1920s and 1930s witnessed a general continuation of the earlier reliance upon, and imitation of, Western architectural trends.

Verily, the Eighteenth Congress had the courage to destroy the assimilationist tradition whose chief characteristic is a reliance on others and appeals to others .

As an integral part of the Strategic Bombing Survey, Reliance established the initial structural base for brainwashing, opinion-making, polling, survey and the systems analysis used by the Tavistock Institute in the United States.

Jordan - increased their unhealthy reliance on multilateral loans and foreign aid.

And he realized with an abrupt sense of shock that he had been giving more and more reliance to prescient memory and it had weakened him for this particular emergency.

In contrast, criminal profiling methods do not share with fictional techniques the reliance on one specific clue to solve a case.

Standing there unperverted, man has an invincible reliance on the veracity of his faculties and the normal reports of nature.

Frederick has invaded Bohemia, and she is so overwhelmed with anxiety that she cancels invitations for parties which she was about to give at the Trianon, and would absent herself from the theatre and from all public places, did not Mercy persuade her that such a withdrawal would seem to be the effect, not of a natural anxiety, but of a despondency which would be both unroyal and unworthy of the reliance which she ought to feel on the proved valor of the Austrian armies.

A sentence imposed upon a plea of guilty is invalid if such plea was entered through deception or coercion of the prosecuting attorney, or in reliance upon erroneous advice given by a lawyer in the employ of the Government, where the defendant did not have the assistance of counsel and had not understandingly waived the right to such assistance.

State tax on each passenger arriving on a vessel from a foreign country was set aside, though chiefly in reliance on existing treaties and acts of Congress.

The formation of this Association in one of the hottest hot-beds of Fenianism in America, required men of courage and reliance to uphold its principles, and in this they were specially fortunate.

The Captains, especially, should be selected from those in whose skill, coolness, and judgment the greatest reliance can be placed, without regard to their ratings, though at the same time care should be taken to avoid stationing men of a higher rating than the Captains of the guns, to perform subordinate duties at the same guns.

Young Irelanders, and the hypocritical reliance on moral persuasion of Conciliation Hall, the people of Great Britain only gave their ear from curiosity, perfectly regardless of any power which any faction or union of factions might put forth.

In short, if we are today looking for a check upon the development of executive emergency government, our best reliance is upon the powers of Congress, which can always supply needed gaps in its legislation.