dependency

  1. Noun.  A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
  2. Noun.  Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:.
  3. Noun.  A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
  4. Noun.  A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol; addiction.
  5. Noun.  (computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.

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