What is the meaning of absolute?

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"
  • 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"
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