What is the meaning of adherence?

noun

  • Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion.
    • usage: "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive"
  • The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition.
    • usage: "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"
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