adherence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adherence	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adherence n faithful support for a cause or political party or religion; "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive" Synonym(s): attachment, adherence, adhesion the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion" Synonym(s): adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adherence \Adher"ence\, n. [Cf. F. adh[82]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 [bd]To give in one's adhesion to a cause or a party.[b8]