Definition of dependency

• n. - State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
• n. - A thing hanging down; a dependence.
• n. - That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
• n. - A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.