dependence

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]