Definitions for adherence

adherence ad·her·ence

Spelling: [ad-heer-uh ns, -her-]
IPA: /ædˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr-/

Adherence is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 270 anagrams from letters in adherence (acdeeehnr).

Definitions for adherence

noun

  1. the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment:
  2. the act or state of adhering; adhesion.

Origin of adherence

Medieval Latin adhērentia. See adhere, -ence

Examples for adherence

Truth is adherence to facts in whatever section of the world.

The next conference will be held in Washington, DC—not exactly a place known for its adherence to the Bible—on November 6-8, 2014.

Some publications have claimed that Bulletproof Stockings hold women-only concerts in adherence with kol isha.

President Obama told Ukrainians “neither the United States nor Europe are perfect in adherence to our ideals.”

Jeter wondered whether their adherence to Sitsumi were voluntary or forced.

So merrily he went to work, forgetting everything in his adherence to habit.

With the result that his arrest was ordered, and thereupon he confessed his adherence to the Crown.

Diana says my most distinctive habit is my adherence to routine.

The reservations placed upon our adherence should not be misinterpreted.

There is reference after reference to the “black community,” “black worth ethic,” and adherence to the “black value system.”

Word Value for adherence
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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