Definition of reliance

"reliance" in the noun 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"

2. reliance

the state of relying on something

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Quotations for reliance

Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. [ Emerson ]

The least reliance can be placed even on the most exalted fortune. [ Livy ]

The virtue most in request in society is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. [ Emerson ]

Perseverance, self-reliance, energetic effort, are doubly strengthened when you rise from a failure to battle again. [ Anon ]

These two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together, - manly dependence and manly independence, manly reliance and manly self-reliance. [ Wordsworth ]

Providence has clearly ordained that the only path fit and salutary for man on earth is the path of persevering fortitude - the unremitting struggle of deliberate self-preparation and humble but active reliance on divine aid. [ B. L. Magoon ]

The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptations from within and without; who is calmest in storms, and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is the most unfaltering. [ Channing ]

The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptations from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God, is most unfaltering. [ William Ellery Channing ]

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reliance in Scrabble®

The word reliance is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters reliance:

RELIANCE

(99)

RELIANCE

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

cleaner, reclean, recline

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RELIANCE

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reliance in Words With Friends™

The word reliance is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters reliance:

CLEANER

(101 = 66 + 35)

RECLEAN

(101 = 66 + 35)

RECLINE

(101 = 66 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

cleaner, reclean, recline

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word reliance

RELIANCE

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CLEANER

(101 = 66 + 35)

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RECLINE

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CLEANER

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RELIANCE

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Words within the letters of reliance

2 letter words in reliance (8 words)

ai an ar el en in la re

3 letter words in reliance (19 words)

ace ail air ale arc are can car cee ear eel era ice ire lea lee lie nil ran

4 letter words in reliance (39 words)

acne acre aril cane care cere clan earl earn icer ilea lace lain lair lane lari lean lear leer liar lice lien lier line lira lire nail near nice race rail rain real reel rein rial rice riel rile

5 letter words in reliance (20 words)

acene aerie alien cairn caner clean clear cline crane ileac incar lacer lance learn liner nicer niece reice relic renal

6 letter words in reliance (13 words)

careen cereal eclair lacier lancer leaner linear nailer necral recane relace reline renail

7 letter words in reliance (3 words)

cleaner reclean recline

8 letter words in reliance (Anagrams) (2 words)

careline reliance

reliance + 1 blank (8 words)

carelines cleanlier cranelike epinecral interlace larcenies recalcine reliances

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Words containing the sequence reliance

Words that start with reliance (2 words)

reliance reliances

Words with reliance in them (2 words)

reliance overreliances

Words that end with reliance (6 words)

misreliance nonreliance overreliance reliance selfreliance unreliance

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misreliance

nonreliance

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selfreliance

unreliance

Definition of reliance

"reliance" in the noun sense

1. reliance, trust

2. reliance

Quotations for reliance

reliance in Scrabble®

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters reliance:

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

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reliance in Words With Friends™

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

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Words within the letters of reliance

2 letter words in reliance (8 words)

3 letter words in reliance (19 words)

4 letter words in reliance (39 words)

5 letter words in reliance (20 words)

6 letter words in reliance (13 words)

7 letter words in reliance (3 words)

8 letter words in reliance (Anagrams) (2 words)

reliance + 1 blank (8 words)

reliance + 2 blanks (28 words)

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