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Noun: adherence  ad'hi(u)runs
  1. Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
    "adherence to a fat-free diet"
    - attachment, adhesion
     
  2. The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
    - adhesiveness, adhesion, bond

Sounds like: adherents

Derived forms: adherences

See also: adherent

Type of: stickiness, support

Encyclopedia: Adherence