DEPENDENCY Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word dependency. (close relations)
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| addiction | nounn | |||||
noun • being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) • an abnormally strong craving • (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master | ||||||
| compliance | nounn | |||||
noun • acting according to certain accepted standards • a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others • the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another | ||||||
| obedience | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person • the trait of being willing to obey • behavior intended to please your parents | ||||||
| reliance | nounn | |||||
noun • certainty based on past experience • the state of relying on something | ||||||
| submission | nounn | |||||
noun • something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) • the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another • the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else • the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness • a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter • an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter • (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing | ||||||
| subordination | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of being subordinate to something • the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class • the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head • the quality of obedient submissiveness • the act of mastering or subordinating someone | ||||||
| trust | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary) • certainty based on past experience • the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others • a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service • complete confidence in a person or plan etc • a trustful relationship verb • have confidence or faith in • allow without fear • be confident about something • expect and wish • confer a trust upon • (chiefly archaic) extend credit to | ||||||
| dependance | nounn | |||||
noun • being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) • the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else | ||||||
| dependence | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else • being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | ||||||
| colony | nounn | |||||
noun • a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government • one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States • a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together • a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated • a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country • (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell | ||||||
| habituation | nounn | |||||
noun • being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) • a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions | ||||||
