reliance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun certainty based on past experience
    trust.
    • 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
  2. noun the state of relying on something

WordNet

Re*li"ance noun
Etymology
From Rely.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913