Dependence

·noun A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.

II. Dependence ·noun That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence.

III. Dependence ·noun Mutu/// /onnection and support; concatenation; systematic ///er relation.

IV. Dependence ·noun Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self.

V. Dependence ·noun A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel.

VI. Dependence ·noun The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause).

VII. Dependence ·noun The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.

VIII. Dependence ·noun That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else.