Definition of Reliance

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Reliance

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.

Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance.

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Reliance Quotations

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
Thomas Jefferson

A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.
Knute Rockne

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
William F. Buckley, Jr.

Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.
Morihei Ueshiba

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?
Abdul Kalam

I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict.
Frank B. Kellogg

The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.
Aldrich Ames

There are so many things I'd like to change in the industry. Everything from the reliance of style over substance to their reluctance to hire me for big budget blockbusters, but the thing I would love most would be if they understood people don't have to be Hollywood beautiful to be sexy or interesting.
Colin Mochrie

But we must take other steps, such as increasing conservation, developing an ethanol industry, and increasing CAFE standards if we are to make our country safer by cutting our reliance on foreign oil.
Jim Costa

There is an underlying, fundamental reliance on the Internet, which continues to grow in the number of users, country penetration and both fixed and wireless broadband access.
Vinton Cerf

Reliance Translations

reliance in German is vertrauen
reliance in Hungarian is bizalom, bizodalom
reliance in Latin is fides
reliance in Swedish is beroende

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