'Dependence' definitions:
Definition of 'dependence'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else [syn: dependence, dependance, dependency]
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]
Definition of 'Dependence'
From: GCIDE
- Dependence \De*pend"ence\, n. [LL. dependentia, fr. L. dependens. See Dependent, and cf. Dependance.]
- 1. The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause). [1913 Webster]
- The cause of effects, and the dependence of one thing upon another. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Mutual connection and support; concatenation; systematic inter-relation. [1913 Webster]
- So dark and so intricate of purpose, without any dependence or order. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self; a lack of independence or self-sufficiency.
- Syn: dependance, dependency. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
- Reduced to a servile dependence on their mercy. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A resting with confidence; reliance; trust. [1913 Webster]
- Affectionate dependence on the Creator is the spiritual life of the soul. --T. Erskine. [1913 Webster]
- 6. That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence. [1913 Webster]
- 7. That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else. [1913 Webster]
- Like a large cluster of black grapes they show And make a large dependence from the bough. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 8. A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To go on now with my first dependence. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dependence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a habit,
- abettor,
- acceptation,
- acception,
- acquiescence,
- acquired tolerance,
- acute alcoholism,
- addictedness,
- addiction,
- admirer,
- advocate,
- aficionado,
- alcoholism,
- amphetamine withdrawal symptoms,
- angel,
- apologist,
- aspiration,
- assumption,
- assurance,
- assured faith,
- assuredness,
- backer,
- barbiturate addiction,
- barbiturism,
- belief,
- buff,
- certainty,
- chain smoking,
- champion,
- cheerful expectation,
- chronic alcoholism,
- clientage,
- clientship,
- cocainism,
- confidence,
- contingency,
- conviction,
- correlation,
- crash,
- craving,
- credence,
- credit,
- credulity,
- danglement,
- dangling,
- defender,
- dependency,
- desire,
- dipsomania,
- doomed hope,
- drug addiction,
- drug culture,
- drug dependence,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- expectation,
- exponent,
- fair prospect,
- faith,
- fan,
- favorer,
- fervent hope,
- friend at court,
- good cheer,
- good hope,
- great expectations,
- habituation,
- hanging,
- high hopes,
- hope,
- hopeful prognosis,
- hopefulness,
- hopes,
- hoping,
- hoping against hope,
- interrelation,
- lover,
- Maecenas,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- nicotine addiction,
- paranymph,
- partisan,
- patron,
- pendency,
- pendulosity,
- pendulousness,
- pensileness,
- pensility,
- physical dependence,
- prayerful hope,
- presumption,
- promise,
- promoter,
- prospect,
- prospects,
- protagonist,
- psychological dependence,
- reception,
- relativity,
- reliance,
- reliance on,
- sanguine expectation,
- second,
- seconder,
- sectary,
- security,
- sider,
- sponsor,
- stalwart,
- standby,
- stock,
- store,
- support,
- supporter,
- sureness,
- surety,
- suspense,
- suspension,
- suspension of disbelief,
- sustainer,
- sympathizer,
- tolerance,
- trust,
- tutelage,
- upholder,
- votary,
- wardship,
- well-grounded hope,
- well-wisher,
- withdrawal sickness,
- withdrawal symptoms
Words containing 'Dependence'
- Depend,
- Dependable,
- Dependance,
- Dependancy,
- Dependant,
- Depended,
- 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