Synonym: addiction, dependance, dependency, habituation. Similar words: independence, interdependence, declaration of independence, independent agency, independent, dependent, be independent of, interdependent. Meaning: [-dəns] 
n. 1. lack of independence or self-sufficiency 2. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs).
n. 1. lack of independence or self-sufficiency 2. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs). 
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181. Repeatedly using alkohol, or certain other drugs, produces physical dependence.
182. Marianne's eagerness to be gone declared her dependence on finding him there.
More similar words: independence, interdependence, declaration of independence, independent agency, independent, dependent, be independent of, interdependent, dependance, depend, depend on, depending, dependant, dependable, tendency, preponderance of evidence, repentance, suspended, cadence, penitence, resplendent, sudden death, evidence, incidence, credence, superintendent, transcendent, residence, decadence, impudence.