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adherence
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ADHERENCE
1
a physical sticking to as if by glue <you'd think these refrigerator magnets would have better adherence—they fall off every time I open the door>
Related Words agglutination, clumping, cohesion; adhesiveness, attachment, cohesiveness, tenacity; cementing, gluing (also glueing)
Antonyms unsticking
2
the following of a custom, rule, or law <adherence to convention requires that the couple send out formal wedding invitations>
Related Words deference, honor, regard, respect, upholding; accession, acquiescence, submission, surrender; attendance, attention, heed, notice
Near Antonyms brush-off, disregard, ignoring; delinquency, dereliction, forgetting, neglect, overlooking; offense (or offence), sin, wrong; challenge, defiance, flouting, rebellion
Antonyms breach, contravention, infraction, infringement, nonobservance, transgression, trespass, violation
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