adherence (noun)
61conventionality — noun (plural ties) Date: circa 1834 1. a conventional usage, practice, or thing 2. the quality or state of being conventional; especially adherence to conventions …
62denomination — noun Date: 15th century 1. an act of denominating 2. a value or size of a series of values or sizes (as of money) 3. name, designation; especially a general name for a category 4. a religious organization whose congregations are united in their… …
63expediency — noun (plural cies) Date: 1597 1. the quality or state of being suited to the end in view ; suitability, fitness 2. obsolete a. haste, dispatch b. an enterprise requiring haste or caution 3. adherence to expedient means and methods …
64fidelity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English fidelite, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French fidelité, from Latin fidelitat , fidelitas, from fidelis faithful, from fides faith, from fidere to trust more at bide Date: 15th century 1. a. the… …
65heresy — noun (plural sies) Etymology: Middle English heresie, from Anglo French, from Late Latin haeresis, from Late Greek hairesis, from Greek, action of taking, choice, sect, from hairein to take Date: 13th century 1. a. adherence to a religious… …
66honesty — noun (plural ties) Date: 14th century 1. obsolete chastity 2. a. fairness and straightforwardness of conduct b. adherence to the facts ; sincerity 3. any of a genus (Lunaria) of European herbs of the mustard family with toothed leaves and flat… …
67integrity — noun Etymology: Middle English integrite, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French integrité, from Latin integritat , integritas, from integr , integer entire Date: 14th century 1. firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values… …
68-ism — noun suffix Etymology: Middle English isme, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, partly from Latin isma (from Greek) & partly from Latin ismus, from Greek ismos; Greek isma & ismos, from verbs in izein ize 1. a. act ; practice ; process <… …
69lip service — noun Date: 1644 an avowal of advocacy, adherence, or allegiance expressed in words but not backed by deeds usually used with pay …
70martinet — noun Etymology: Jean Martinet, 17th century French army officer Date: 1737 1. a strict disciplinarian 2. a person who stresses a rigid adherence to the details of forms and methods …
