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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adherence \Ad*her"ence\, n. [Cf. F. adh['e]rence, LL
adhaerentia.]
1. The quality or state of adhering.
2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady
attachment; adhesion; as adherence to a party or to
opinions.
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.''
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
adherence
n 1: faithful support for a religion or cause or political party
[syn: {attachment}]
2: the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood)
[syn: {adhesiveness}, {adhesion}, {bond}]
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