- 2. Abandonment (of), forsaking (of).
- 3. Deviation, variation, declension, declining, declination.
- 4. Death, decease, demise, exit.
Depend, v. n. Hang, be pendent.
Dependant, n.
- 1. Vassal, minion, retainer, henchman, client, hanger-on.
- 2. Consequence, corollary, attendant circumstance, concomitant.
Dependence, n.
- 1. Connection, concatenation, interdependence.
- 2. Reliance, trust, confidence.
- 3. Stay, staff, support, prop, buttress, supporter.
- 4. Subordination, subjection, conditioned existence, contingency, need (of).
Dependency, n.
- 1. Adjunct, appurtenance.
- 2. Colony, province, subject territory.
Dependent, a.
- 1. Hanging, pendent.
- 2. Conditioned, contingent, unable to exist without, at the disposal of, sustained by.
Depend on.
- 1. Rely upon, rest upon, confide in, trust to, count upon, reckon upon, build upon, depend upon.
- 2. Be conditioned or dependent on, be contingent upon, require, demand, imply, presuppose.