Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Translations
union of two objects
support for a cause
(medicine)
Extensive Definition
Adherence may refer to:
- Adherence (medicine), the obedience of the patient to the medical advice.
- Adhesion
Related:
- Adhesion (medicine), abnormal bands of tissue that grow in the human body.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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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