 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adherence
noun
1: faithful support for a religion or cause or political party
[syn: {attachment}, {adhesion}]
2: the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or
the joining of surfaces of different composition [syn: {adhesiveness},
{adhesion}, {bond}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adherence \Ad*her"ence\, noun [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.''
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "adherence":
OK, 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, 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
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