Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reliance

2 senses of reliance

Sense 1
reliance, trust -- (certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun")
       => certainty -- (the state of being certain; "his certainty reassured the others")

Sense 2
reliance -- (the state of relying on something)
       => dependence, dependance, dependency -- (the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else)