noun
- Something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative.
- usage: "no mortal being can influence the absolute"
adjective
- Perfect or complete or pure.
- usage: "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol"
- Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers.
- usage: "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
- synonyms: downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer
- Not limited by law.
- usage: "an absolute monarch"
- Expressing finality with no implication of possible change.
- usage: "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority"
- Not capable of being violated or infringed.
- usage: "infrangible human rights"
- synonyms: infrangible, inviolable
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