adherence n
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]

Adherence \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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