adherence

noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about adherence at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion.

   attachment to a formal agenda

2. The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition.

   the mutual adhesiveness of cells