adherence

See also: adhérence

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ədˈhɪə.ɹəns/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ədˈhɪɹ.əns/

Noun

adherence (countable and uncountable, plural adherences)

  1. A close physical union of two objects.
  3. Faithful support for some cause.
    Strict adherence to the rules is required.
    The project failed because of poor adherence to deadlines.
    Religious adherence can shape a community’s culture.
  4. (medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
  5. (Scots law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.[1]

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See also

References

  1. ^ “adherence, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
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