adherence
NounUS[uhd-hir-uhns]/ədˈhɪrəns/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion“attachment to a formal agenda”“adherence to a fat-free diet”“the adhesion of Seville was decisive”Synonyms: attachmentadhesionType of supportKinds traditionalism, ecclesiasticism, royalism, kabbalism
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition“the mutual adhesiveness of cells”“a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion”Synonyms: adhesivenessadhesionbondType of stickiness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ad·her′ence (…), noun
Origin: Cf. F. adhérence, 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.
Synonyms: Adherence, Adhesion. 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.”
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54