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Adherence

Adherence Meaning & Definition
Adherence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adherence?

[n] faithful support for a religion or cause or political party
[n] the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

Synonyms | Synonyms for Adherence: adhesion | adhesion | adhesiveness | attachment | bond

Related Terms | Find terms related to Adherence: acceptance | accordance | accretion | acquittal | acquittance | adhesion | admiration | agglomeration | agglutination | allegiance | approbation | approval | attachment | blessing | bona fides | bond | bonne foi | care | carrying out | cling | clinging | clotting | clustering | coagulation | coherence | cohesion | cohesiveness | compaction | compliance | concretion | condensation | conformance | conformity | congealment | congelation | conglobation | conglomeration | consolidation | constancy | countenance | devotedness | devotion | discharge | endorsement | esteem | execution | faith | faithfulness | favor | favorable vote | fealty | fidelity | firmness | fulfillment | good faith | heed | heeding | homage | inseparability | junction | keeping | loyalty | nod | observance | observation | OK | performance | practice | respect | sanction | satisfaction | seal of approval | set | setting | solidification | stamp of approval | staunchness | steadfastness | sticking | tie | troth | true blue | trueness | voice | vote | yea | yea vote

See Also | ecclesiasticism | stickiness | support | traditionalism

Adherence In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad*her"ence\, n. [Cf. F. adh['e]rence, LL. adhaerentia.] 1. The quality or state of adhering. 2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions. Syn: {Adherence}, {Adhesion}. Usage: These words, which were once freely interchanged, are now almost entirely separated. Adherence is no longer used to denote physical union, but is applied, to mental states or habits; as, a strict adherence to one's duty; close adherence to the argument, etc. Adhesion is now confined chiefly to the physical sense, except in the phrase ``To give in one's adhesion to a cause or a party.''

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