adherence
/ədˈhɪərəns
/noun [mass noun]
1Attachment or commitment to a person, cause, or belief: a strict adherence to etiquette he moved to Avignon and won the adherence of the French king...
- Many instances of performance-based design are approved for their adherence to safety principles.
- Ceremony implies honor, and honor implies an adherence to traditions.
- A lack of adherence by the participants with the intervention program might have influenced the outcomes of our study.
2The quality or process of sticking fast to an object or surface: observing the adherence of the seeds to clothing prompted the development of Velcro
