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de·pend·a·ble

(dĭ-pĕn′də-bəl)

adj.

Trustworthy. See Synonyms at reliable.

de·pend′a·bil′i·ty, de·pend′a·ble·ness n.

de·pend′a·bly adv.

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Noun

dependability - the quality of being dependable or reliable

dependableness, reliability, reliableness

responsibleness, responsibility - a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility"

solidity, solidness - the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally; "the solidity of the evidence worked in his favor"; "the solidness of her faith gave her enduring hope"

infallibility - the quality of never making an error

duplicability, reproducibility - the quality of being reproducible

undependability, undependableness, unreliability, unreliableness - the trait of not being dependable or reliable

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dependability

[dɪˌpendəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N [of person] → seriedad f, formalidad f; [of machine] → fiabilidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dependability

n → Zuverlässigkeit f, → Verlässlichkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dependability

[dɪˌpɛndəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → affidabilità

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She was immensely proud of him, of his steadiness and dependability, but at rare moments, remembering her own normal childhood, she would think with compunction: "It ain't right.

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