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English noun: reliance

1. reliance (cognition) certainty based on past experience


SamplesHe 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.


Synonymstrust


Broader (hypernym)certainty

2. reliance (state) the state of relying on something


Broader (hypernym)dependance, dependence, dependency









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