adherence

Noun
  1. Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion (synset 101215372)
    "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive"
    is a type of: support - aiding the cause or policy or interests of
    subtypes:
    • ecclesiasticism - excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities
    • cabalism, kabbalism - adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation
    • royalism - adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government
    • traditionalism - adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)
    same as: adhesion, attachment
  2. The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition (synset 104942705)
    "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"
    is a type of: stickiness - the property of sticking to a surface
    same as: adhesion, adhesiveness, bond

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