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n. The process or condition of adhering.

n. Faithful attachment; devotion: "Adherence to the rule of law . . . is a very important principle” ( William H. Webster).

n. A close physical union of two objects.

n. Faithful support for some cause.

n. An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.

n. The quality or state of adhering.

n. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion.

n. The act or state of sticking or adhering: rare in a physical sense, adhesion being commonly used. Figuratively, the character of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment: as, an adherence to a party or opinions; the act of holding to closely: as, a rigid adherence to rules.

n. In Scots law, the return of a husband or wife who has for a time deserted his or her spouse.

n. In painting, the effect of those parts of a picture which, wanting relief, are not detached, and hence appear adhering to the canvas or surface. Fairholt. In logic and metaphysics, the state of being adherent. See adherent, a., 3.

n. In the theory of aggregates, the aggregate of all those points of a point-aggregate which are not limiting points (that is, limits of endless series of points): called the adherence of the point-aggregate; the aggregate of all the remaining points is called its coherence.

n. the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

n. faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

"There is no IVA on books, newspapers, magazines, maps and some other kinds of printed matter, as Hacienda (in adherence to the law) recognizes them as "educational materials"."

stickiness   

compliance   

adhesion    fidelity   

appearance    clearance    coherence    disappearance    incoherence    interference    noninterference    perseverance    reappearance   

fidelity    obedience    allegiance    resolve    honesty    adherent    tenacity    rectitude    refusal    truthfulness