reliability

[ ri-lahy-uh-bil-i-tee ]
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noun
  1. the ability to be relied on or depended on, as for accuracy, honesty, or achievement.

Origin of reliability

1
  • Sometimes re·li·a·ble·ness .

Other words from reliability

  • non·re·li·a·bil·i·ty, noun

Words Nearby reliability

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How to use reliability in a sentence

  • The primitive trysts were probably at the old Trysting Trees; trust means reliability and credit and truce means peace.

    Archaic England | Harold Bayley
  • Next in line of hardiness and reliability is the Weschcke hickory.

  • The whole contrivance was not very elegant, but impressed one with its strength and reliability.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • Psychological investigations of the reliability of human evidence make the science of service in the court room.

    The Science of Human Nature | William Henry Pyle
  • In matters of this kind everything depends upon the qualifications of the accuser and the reliability of the witness.

    Byron | Richard Edgcumbe