[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dependence \depend"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
see also:
dependent dependance 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dependence
     n 1: lack of independence or self-sufficiency syn: dependance,
           dependency
     2: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that
        is psychologically or physically habit-forming especially
        alcohol or narcotic drugs syn: addiction, dependency,
         habituation
see also:
dependance dependency addiction habituation 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

132 moby thesaurus words for "dependence":
   maecenas, 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, 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

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