Meaning & use
Dependability
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The quality of being reliable and trustworthy enough to be depended on consistently.
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The company built its reputation on the dependability of its products.
Her dependability made her the first person the team called in a crisis.
A note on using this word
Formed from 'dependable' plus the noun suffix '-ity,' common in describing character traits.
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Words with an opposite meaning
unreliability
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