Noun: adherence ad'heer-un(t)s or ud'heer-un(t)s
- Faithfully following a program, regime, party or religion
"adherence to a fat-free diet";
- attachment, adhesion
- The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
"the mutual adherence of cells";
- adhesiveness, adhesion, bond
Sounds like: adherents
Derived forms: adherences
Type of: stickiness, support
Encyclopedia: Adherence