Thesaurus: dependance

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1. n. Alt. of Dependancy
2. n. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
3. n. the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
4. See word/dependent">Dependent, word/dependence">Dependence, Dependency. Note: The forms dependant, dependance, dependancy are from the French; the forms dependent, etc., are from the Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form dependant when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing it from the adjective, usually written dependent.
5. n being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) n the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else