Reliance to Relish
Reliance
(Re*li"ance) n. [From Rely.]
1. The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of
mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority.
In reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value.
Macaulay. 2. Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance. Richardson.
Reliant
(Re*li"ant) a. Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting.
Relic
(Rel"ic) n. [F. relique, from L. reliquiae, pl., akin to relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.]
[Formerly written also relique.]
1. That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant. Chaucer.
Wyclif.
The relics of lost innocence.
Kebe.
The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy relics.
Shak. 2. The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body,
of a deceased saint or martyr; — usually in the plural when referring to the whole body.
There are very few treasuries of relics in Italy that have not a tooth or a bone of this saint.
Addison.
Thy relics, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust,
And sacred place by Dryden's awful dust.
Pope. 3. Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships.
The pearls were spilt;
Some lost, some stolen, some as relics kept.
Tennyson. Relicly
(Rel"ic*ly), adv. In the manner of relics. [Obs.]
Relict
(Rel"ict) n. [L. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p. of relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.] A
woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his
brother Eli.
South. Relicted
(Re*lict"ed) a. [L. relictus, p. p.] (Law) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water. Bouvier.
Reliction
(Re*lic"tion) n. [L. relictio a leaving behind.] (Law) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or
other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession. Burrill.
Relief
(Re*lief") n. [OE. relef, F. relief, properly, a lifting up, a standing out. See Relieve, and cf. Basrelief,
Rilievi.]
1. The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of
anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.
He sees the dire contagion spread so fast,
That, where it seizes, all relief is vain.
Dryden. 2. Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or
by relay; as, a relief of a sentry.
For this relief much thanks; 'tis bitter cold.
Shak.
