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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca