Noun dependence has 2 senses
  1. dependence, dependance, dependency - lack of independence or self-sufficiency
    --1 is a kind of state
    --1 has particulars: helplessness; reliance; subordination; contingency
  2. addiction, dependence, dependency, habituation - being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
    --2 is a kind of physiological state, physiological condition
    --2 has particulars: drug addiction, white plague
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