adherence

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ad=her=ence

CIDE DICTIONARY

adherence, n. [Cf. F. adhérence, LL. adhaerentia.].

•  The quality or state of adhering.  [1913 Webster]
•  The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Adherence, Adhesion.

THESAURUS

adherence

OK, acceptance, accordance, accretion, acquittal, acquittance, adhesion, admiration, agglomeration, agglutination, allegiance, approbation, approval, attachment, blessing, bona fides, bond, bonne foi, care, carrying out, cling, clinging, clotting, clustering, coagulation, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, compaction, compliance, concretion, condensation, conformance, conformity, congealment, congelation, conglobation, conglomeration, consolidation, constancy, countenance, devotedness, devotion, discharge, endorsement, esteem, execution, faith, faithfulness, favor, favorable vote, fealty, fidelity, firmness, fulfillment, good faith, heed, heeding, homage, inseparability, junction, keeping, loyalty, nod, observance, observation, performance, practice, respect, sanction, satisfaction, seal of approval, set, setting, solidification, stamp of approval, staunchness, steadfastness, sticking, tie, troth, true blue, trueness, voice, vote, yea, yea vote

ROGET THESAURUS

adherence

Coherence

N coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, concretion accretion, conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration, aggregation, consolidation, set, cementation, sticking, soldering, connection, dependence, tenacity, toughness, stickiness, inseparability, inseparableness, bur, remora, conglomerate, concrete, cohesive, adhesive, adhering, cohering, tenacious, tough, sticky, united, unseparated, unsessile, inseparable, inextricable, infrangible, compact.