reliance is on the Academic Word List.

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reliance

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reliances

  1. (uncountable); (singular) If   has a reliance on  ,   needs  .
    North Korea's reliance on foreign aid, mainly from China, isn't likely to end soon.
    The new economy has a great reliance on the Internet.

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