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n. The state of being dependent, as for support.

n. Subordination to someone or something needed or greatly desired.

n. Trust; reliance. See Synonyms at trust.

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

n. A compulsive or chronic need; an addiction: an alcohol dependence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

n. A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.

n. That on which one depends or relies.

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

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

n. 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.

n. 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.

n. 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.

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

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

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

n. 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   

reliance    support    moral dependence   

dependency    dependent    interdependence   

concatenation    reliance    trust    hanging    suspension    hinging    turning    resting   

Independence    ascendance    attendance    independence    interdependence    transcendence   

submission    subjection    weakness    reliance    humility    independence    devotion    attachment    helplessness    obligation