Adherence - Definition
adherence
n 1: 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"
[syn: attachment, adherence, adhesion]
2: 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" [syn: adhesiveness, adhesion,
adherence, bond]