reliance

reliance
    n 1: 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" [syn: {reliance}, {trust}]
    2: the state of relying on something
    

Reliance \Re*li"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.
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            In reliance on promises which proved to be of very
            little value.                         --Macaulay.
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   2. Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust;
      as, the boat was a poor reliance. --Richardson.
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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
    

Reliance, WY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming
   Population (2000):    665
   Housing Units (2000): 272
   Land area (2000):     9.527196 sq. miles (24.675324 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    9.527196 sq. miles (24.675324 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            65060
   Located within:       Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
   Location:             41.664002 N, 109.213068 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Reliance, WY
    Reliance
    

Reliance, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
   Population (2000):    206
   Housing Units (2000): 92
   Land area (2000):     1.087756 sq. miles (2.817276 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.052724 sq. miles (0.136555 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.140480 sq. miles (2.953831 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            54020
   Located within:       South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
   Location:             43.878490 N, 99.601138 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     57569
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Reliance, SD
    Reliance
    

113 Moby Thesaurus words for "reliance":
      Maecenas, abettor, acceptation, acception, acquiescence, admirer,
      advocate, aficionado, aid, angel, anticipation, apologist,
      aspiration, assumption, assurance, assured faith, assuredness,
      backer, backing, belief, buff, carriage, carrying, certainty,
      champion, cheerful expectation, confidence, contemplation,
      conviction, credence, credit, credulity, defender, dependence,
      desire, doomed hope, encourager, endorser, expectancy, expectation,
      exponent, fair prospect, faith, fan, favorer, fervent hope,
      friend at court, good cheer, good hope, great expectations,
      high hopes, hope, hopeful prognosis, hopefulness, hopes, hoping,
      hoping against hope, imminence, lover, mainstay, maintainer,
      maintenance, moral support, paranymph, partisan, patron,
      prayerful hope, presumption, probability, promise, promoter,
      prospect, prospects, protagonist, psychological support, reception,
      reliance on, sanguine expectation, second, seconder, sectary,
      security, security blanket, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby,
      stock, store, subsidy, subvention, support, supporter,
      supportive relationship, supportive therapy, sureness, surety,
      suspension of disbelief, sustainer, sustaining, sustainment,
      sustenance, sustentation, sympathizer, thought, trust,
      unastonishment, upholder, upholding, upkeep, votary,
      well-grounded hope, well-wisher