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adherence
/ədˈhɪɹ.əns/
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What does adherence mean?
noun
- A close physical union of two objects.
- Faithful support for some cause.
- An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
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noun
- The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.
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In hardly any struggle has rigid adherence to the letter of our sacred books been more prolonged and injurious.
The tactical evolutions have been laid down, and there is rigid adherence thereto, because only thereby may success be achieved.
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I thought Christ was a judge and had to be pacified by a strict adherence to the rules of my order.
I honored his conscientious convictions, and his staunch adherence to what he believed to be the right interpretation of God's Word.
His limitations are in his lack of a set plan of attack and the steady adherence to any given method of play.