reliance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reliance	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for reliance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reliance n 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" Synonym(s): reliance, trust the state of relying on something
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reliance \Reli"ance\ (-ans), n. [From {Rely}.] 1. 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 of very little value. --Macaulay. 2. Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance. --Richardson.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Reliance, SD (town, FIPS 54020) Location: 43.88036 N, 99.60227 W Population (1990): 169 (84 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57569 Reliance, TN Zip code(s): 37369 Reliance, VA Zip code(s): 22649