noun. undefined

noun. The state of being determined, influenced, or controlled by something else.

noun. The state of being dependent on another for financial support.

noun. The condition of being dependent on a substance such as a drug or on a given behavior.

noun. Trust; reliance.

noun. The fact of being dependent or pendent; the relation of a hanging thing to the support from which it hangs; a hanging; also, the hanging thing itself.

noun. The relation of logical consequent to its antecedent, of conclusion to premise, or of a contingent fact to the condition upon which it depends; the relation of effect to cause.

noun. The state of deriving existence, support, or direction from another; the state of being subject to the power and operation of some extraneous force; subjection or subordination to another or to something else: as, dependence is the natural condition of childhood; the dependence of life upon solar heat.

noun. Reliance; confidence; trust; a resting on something: as, we may have a firm dependence on the promises of God.

noun. In law: The quality of being conditional on something else. See dependent, 5. Pendency; the condition of awaiting determination.

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

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

noun. Mutual connection and support; concatenation; systematic inter-relation.

noun. Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self; a lack of independence or self-sufficiency.

noun. A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.

noun. That on which one depends or relies.

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

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

noun. The state of being dependent, of relying upon another.

noun. An irresistible physical or psychological need, especially for a chemical substance.

noun. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

noun. the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

"The website identifies the primary reason for this revision as the view that the term "dependence" is misleading: We are urged to not confuse the fact that tolerance and withdrawal are normal responses to some prescribed read: medically necessary medications that affect the central nervous system, and thus these physical states should not be seen as an illness."

independence  

moral dependence  reliance  support  

dependency  dependent  interdependence  

Independence  ascendance  attendance  independence  interdependence  

allegiance  attachment  degradation  dependency  devotion  

Maecenas  a habit  abettor  acceptation  acception