Definition of "dependance" [dependance]

• Variant of dependence. (noun)

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• "Nature thought good sense a handsome dower — but good sense in dependance is like a chef d oeuvres of Raffaelle [10] in a bog house. if the savages of America have fewer luxuries than the slaves of Europe they have fewer miseries — the artificial distinctions of birth & fortune are unknown — distinctions which though the Philosopher must despise, he must want. on the banks of the Oronoko when the young savages is born — his infancy is neither embitterd by fashionable nursing his puberty by absurd education or his life by the anxieties so frequent"
• "For the first time since 1977, our foreign oil dependance is dropping."
• "Quit spending taxpayer money on social programs that create long-term dependance on government rather than foster independence from government."