ADHERENCE

ADHE'RENCE, noun 1. The quality or state of sticking or adhering.2. Figuratively, a being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; as, an adherence to a party or opinions.

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adherence. Adherence, n. attachment, sticking to, union

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Ad‐her″ence (�), n. [[Cf. F. adhérence, LL. adhaerentia.]] 1. 1. The quality or state of adhering.
2. 2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions.
Syn. — Adherence, Adhesion. 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 “To give in one's adhesion to a cause or a party.”