<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.</li><li>Reliance; confidence; trust: Her complete reliability earned her our dependence.</li><li>An object of reliance or trust.</li><li>The state of being conditional or contingent on something, as through a natural or logical sequence: the dependence of an effect upon a cause.</li><li>The state of being psychologically or physiologically dependent on a drug after a prolonged period of use.</li><li>Subordination or subjection: the dependence of Martinique upon France.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>