A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative. / Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else: / A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.

(programming) An agent that depends on another agent, the dependee; the subject of a dependency, a dependent (used in agent-oriented programming)

possessions of the British Crown that are not overseas territories or colonies

plural of dependency

simple past tense and past participle of depend

physical and psychological dependency on an addictive drug

mutually dependent (especially of an unhealthy psychological relationship in which one person perpetuates another's addiction or harmful behaviour)

A person in such a relationship

Able, or easily able to be depended on.

A reliable person or thing.