Associations to the word «Adherence»

Wiktionary

ADHERENCE, noun. A close physical union of two objects.
ADHERENCE, noun. Faithful support for some cause.
ADHERENCE, noun. (medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.

Dictionary definition

ADHERENCE, noun. 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".
ADHERENCE, noun. 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".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope