Available Definitions:
1) n. - The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.
2) n. - The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause).
3) n. - Mutu/// /onnection and support; concatenation; systematic ///er relation.
4) n. - Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self.
5) n. - A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.
6) n. - That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence.
7) n. - That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else.
8) n. - A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel.