Definition of "reliance" []

• The act of relying or the state of being reliant. (noun)
• The faith, confidence, or trust felt by one who relies; dependence. See Synonyms at trust. (noun)
• One relied on; a mainstay. (noun)

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• "But for most schools the main reliance is on the standard how-to journalism textbooks."
• "Self reliance is dead with progressives and that is what is missing from any of the debates on this site."
• "It is not the job of the R commissioners to act as defense attorneys in reliance upon fact based defenses which may be (1) irrelevant, and (2) not provable."