reliance
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- relyance (obsolete)
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Noun[edit]
reliance (countable and uncountable, plural reliances)
- The act of relying (on or in someone or something); trust.
- Your reliance on his expertise may be misplaced.
- c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
- […] his days and times are past
And my reliances on his fracted [i.e. broken] dates
Have smit my credit:
- 1752, Charlotte Lennox, The Female Quixote[1], London: A. Millar, Volume 2, Book 9, Chapter 9, p. 288:
- How unfavourable is Chance, said Arabella fretting at the Disappointment, to Persons who have any Reliance upon it!
- 1867, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in Biographical and Historical Sketches[2], New York: Appleton, page 54:
- It was out of his power to support his son at either university; but a wealthy neighbor offered assistance; and, in reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value, Samuel was entered at Pembroke College, Oxford.
- 1912, W. Somerset Maugham, Mrs. Dot[3], London: Heinemann, act 2, page 89:
- I put infinite reliance in your tact.
- 1962, C. S. Forester, chapter 3, in Hornblower and the Hotspur[4], London: Michael, Joseph:
- Hornblower could see in a flash that he could place implicit reliance on Bush’s seamanship.
- The condition of being reliant or dependent.
- The industry is working to phase out its reliance on fossil fuels.
- 1933 September 25, “‘Rumbling’ & ‘Goosing’”, in Time:
- […] he contended that habitual reliance on engine power causes a pilot to lose his ability to make a forced landing “deadstick” if necessary.
- 2016 July 20, Roger Wilkins, “Australia’s economic wellbeing is at a standstill as rift between young and old widens”, in The Guardian:
- Poverty in Australia has declined, welfare reliance has stabilised and long-term poverty is becoming rare—but overall economic wellbeing is no longer improving […]
- (dated) Anything on which to rely; ground of trust.
- The boat was a poor reliance.
- 1593, Thomas Nashe, Christs Teares ouer Ierusalem[5], London: Thomas Thorp, published 1613, page 69:
- Thou wert once the chiefe pillar of my posterity, and the whole reliance of my name:
- 1656, Robertson Sanderson, Twenty Sermons[6], London: Henry Seile, Sermon 14, p. 280:
- A horse is counted but a vain thing, […] to save a man. So are Chariots, and Forts, and Armies, and Navies, and all earthly reliances.
- 1741, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXII”, in Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […]; and J. Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 286:
- Mr. Adams may marry as well as Mr. Williams; and both, I believe, will find God’s Providence a better Reliance, than the richest Benefice in England.
- 1914, Stephen Leacock, chapter 5, in Adventurers of the Far North[7], Toronto: Glasgow, Brook, page 123:
- Most ominous of all was the discovery of over six hundred empty cans that had held preserved meat, the main reliance of the expedition.
- A person or thing which relies on another. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
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The act of relying on someone or something; trust
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The condition of being reliant or dependent
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A person or thing which relies on another
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