'Dependance' definitions:
Definition of 'dependance'
From: WordNet
noun
Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) [syn: addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation]
noun
The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else [syn: dependence, dependance, dependency]
Definition of 'Dependance'
From: GCIDE
- Dependant \De*pend"ant\, Dependance \De*pend"ance\, n., Dependancy \De*pend"an*cy\, n. See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The forms dependant, dependance, dependancy are from the French; the forms dependent, etc., are from the Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form dependant when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing it from the adjective, usually written dependent. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Dependance'
- Depend,
- Dependable,
- Dependancy,
- Dependant,
- Depended,
- Dependence,
- Dependencies,
- Dependency,
- Dependent,
- Dependently,
- Depender,
- Depending,
- Dependingly,
- depend on,
- dependability,
- dependableness,
- dependably,
- dependant on,
- dependent on,
- depending on,
- By-dependence,
- Dependent contract,
- Dependent covenant,
- Dependent variable,
- depend upon,
- dependant upon,
- dependent clause,
- dependent upon,
- subject dependent,
- Self-dependent,
- Self-depending,
- alcohol-dependent,
- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus,
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes,
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus,
- blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging