adherence

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

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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.

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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Related Words for adherence

attachment, faithfulness, loyalty, obedience, cohesion, constancy, fidelity

Examples from the Web for adherence

Contemporary Examples of adherence

There is reference after reference to the “black community,” “black worth ethic,” and adherence to the “black value system.”
Reverend Jeremiah Wright Was Worse Than Scalise
Ron Christie
January 2, 2015
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
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
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
Diana says my most distinctive habit is my adherence to routine.
Larry McMurtry: How I Write
Noah Charney
April 24, 2013

Historical Examples of adherence

The reservations placed upon our adherence should not be misinterpreted.
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches
Various
So merrily he went to work, forgetting everything in his adherence to habit.
Welsh Fairy Tales
William Elliott Griffis
With the result that his arrest was ordered, and thereupon he confessed his adherence to the Crown.
Ponteach
Robert Rogers
Jeter wondered whether their adherence to Sitsumi were voluntary or forced.
Lords of the Stratosphere
Arthur J. Burks
Truth is adherence to facts in whatever section of the world.
Sex=The Unknown Quantity
Ali Nomad

Word Origin and History for 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).

adherence in Medicine

adherence

[ăd-hîr′əns]

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.