adherence
nounAU, UK /ədˈhɪə.ɹəns/ · CA, US /ədˈhɪɹ.əns/
Etymology From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.
1
A close physical union of two objects.
2
Faithful support for some cause.
- Strict adherence to the rules is required.
- The project failed because of poor adherence to deadlines.
1 more example
- Religious adherence can shape a community’s culture.
3
Medicine, Sciences An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
4
The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.
- Derived terms
- antiadherence, coadherence, cytoadherence, hyperadherence, immunoadherence, inadherence, maladherence, nonadherence, preadherence, underadherence
- Related terms
- compliance