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DEPENDABLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being dependable or reliable
Synonyms:
dependability; dependableness; reliability; reliableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("dependableness" is a kind of...):
responsibility; responsibleness (a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dependableness"):
solidity; solidness (the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally)
infallibility (the quality of never making an error)
duplicability; reproducibility (the quality of being reproducible)
Antonym:
undependableness (the trait of not being dependable or reliable)
Derivation:
dependable (worthy of reliance or trust)
dependable (financially safe)
dependable (consistent in performance or behavior)
dependable (worthy of being depended on)
