reliance (n.)
- abettor
- acceptation
- acquiescence
- admirer
- advocate
- aficionado
- aid
- angel
- anticipation
- apologist
- aspiration
- assumption
- assurance
- assuredness
- backer
- backing
- belief
- buff
- carriage
- certainty
- champion
- confidence
- contemplation
- conviction
- credence
- credit
- credulity
- defender
- dependence
- desire
- endorser
- expectancy
- expectation
- exponent
- faith
- fan
- hope
- hopefulness
- hopes
- imminence
- lover
- mainstay
- maintainer
- maintenance
- partisan
- patron
- presumption
- probability
- promise
- promoter
- prospect
- protagonist
- reception
- second
- seconder
- sectary
- security
- sider
- sponsor
- stalwart
- standby
- stock
- store
- subsidy
- subvention
- support
- supporter
- sureness
- surety
- sustainer
- sustainment
- sustenance
- sustentation
- sympathizer
- thought
- trust
- upholder
- upkeep
- votary
- well-wisher