adherence

Meanings

Plural: adherences

Noun

• faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
  • "adherence to a fat-free diet"
• the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
• A close physical union of two objects.
• Faithful support for some cause.
• An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
• The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.

Synonyms

adhesion, adhesiveness, attachment, bond

Related Words

compliance