Reliance,

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {trust}]
       2: the state of relying on something

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

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

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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