reliability
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
CIA goes to great lengths to understand the reliability and accuracy of every source.
CIA Agents Assess: How Real Is ‘Homeland’? | Chuck Cogan, John MacGaffin | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese non-attitudes, or baseless opinions, can drag the data away from a position of reliability or usefulness.
Instead, they wear face masks with varying degrees of reliability.
The irony is that the Afghans have already proven their reliability and trustworthiness in the heat of battle.
The US Is Dragging Its Feet When It Comes to Helping Afghan Translators | Ann Scott Tyson | April 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIts engines would need to be a step change in both the power they delivered and in their reliability.
The Exemplary Plane at the Heart of the MH370 Mystery | Clive Irving | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The primitive trysts were probably at the old Trysting Trees; trust means reliability and credit and truce means peace.
Archaic England | Harold BayleyNext 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 MawsonPsychological investigations of the reliability of human evidence make the science of service in the court room.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry PyleIn matters of this kind everything depends upon the qualifications of the accuser and the reliability of the witness.
Byron | Richard Edgcumbe
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