Antonyms for dependence

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-pen-duh ns

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈpɛn dəns

Definition of dependence

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French dépendance, from dependre (see depend). Originally also dependance (the earlier form), depending whether the writer had French or Latin foremost in mind; the Latin form gradually predominated and after c.1800 dependance is rare. As an adjective from c.1600.

noun reliance

Example sentences :

Consider what you are about—this work of yours is the only dependence we have in the world.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

All my dependence, all my hopes, are in your mother's favour.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

The greater her disappointment from them, the greater must be her dependence on me.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

His dependence for that must be founded in the doctrine of the other preacher.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

It was fortunate for the country, that this was their dependence.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

Think of it—their dependence on man, their temptations, their rewards, their punishments!
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

That was161 my benefactor's way of reminding me of my dependence on his bounty.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

It will be disastrous, I say, to place any dependence in the good will of this one Lodorian.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various

It was the sense of that dependence which destroyed equality.
Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

On the least occasion and even on no occasions at all she was scolded, or else taunted with her dependence.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for dependence

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