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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. faithful support for a cause or political party or religion;
- Example: "attachment to a formal agenda"
- Example: "adherence to a fat-free diet"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"
- Example: "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"
[syn: adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adherence \Ad*her"ence\, n. [Cf. F. adh['e]rence, LL.
   adhaerentia.]
   1. The quality or state of adhering.
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   2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady
      attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to
      opinions.
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   Syn: Adherence, Adhesion.

   Usage: 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."
          [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]