adherence

[ ad-heer-uh ns, -her- ]

/ ædˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr- /

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noun

the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment: adherence to a party; rigid adherence to rules.

the act or state of adhering; adhesion.

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Origin of adherence

< Medieval Latin adhērentia. See adhere, -ence

Related formsnon·ad·her·ence, nounpre·ad·her·ence, noun

Can be confusedadherence adherents adhesion

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Examples from the Web for adherence

Some publications have claimed that Bulletproof Stockings hold women-only concerts in adherence with kol isha.
The Sisterhood of Bulletproof Stockings: It’s Ladies’ Night for Hasidic Rockers|Emily Shire|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The next conference will be held in Washington, DC—not exactly a place known for its adherence to the Bible—on November 6-8, 2014.
Meet the Young, Evangelical, Pro-Gay Movement|Gene Robinson|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
President Obama told Ukrainians “neither the United States nor Europe are perfect in adherence to our ideals.”
President Obama’s Belgian Waffle|Stuart Stevens|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Diana says my most distinctive habit is my adherence to routine.
Larry McMurtry: How I Write|Noah Charney|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Or maybe not: many Americans are fed up with the adherence to ideology that trumps compromise in modern-day Washington.
Robert Draper Talks New Book Inside the Tea Party House|Claiborne Smith|April 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But the main causes for defection were not in adherence to one chief or to another.
Harold, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
By forcing my hand you give my adherence an air of bargain-driving for a personal end.
The Convert|Elizabeth Robins
The cause, therefore, of the blessedness of the good is adherence to God.
The City of God, Volume I|Aurelius Augustine
I could dare it for the sake of any friend who deserved my adherence; as you, I am sure, do.
Jane Eyre|Charlotte Bronte
Tertullian's works prove that they were, on the other hand, almost too slavish in their adherence to ancient customs.
The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 1|G. T. Stokes

Word Origin and History for adherence

adherence

mid-15c., "attachment to a person, support," from Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhaerentia, noun of action from adhaerentem (nominative adhaerens), present participle of adhaerare (see adherent).

Medicine definitions for adherence

adherence

[ ăd-hîr′əns ]

n.

The extent to which the patient continues the agreed-upon mode of treatment under limited supervision when faced with conflicting demands, as distinguished from compliance or maintenance.

adherence

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