reliance reliance

noun

() certainty based on past experience  ( reliance, trust )
certainty based on past experience
 he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists
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
he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun

() the state of relying on something  ( reliance )
the state of relying on something