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noun certainty based on past experience
noun the state of relying on something
originEtymology tree English rely Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English reliance From rely + -ance.
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