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   ab·so·lute

   /ˈabsəˌlo͞ot/

   adjective

   • 1. not qualified or diminished in any way; total: "absolute secrecy" Similar completetotalutterout-and-outoutrightentireperfectpuredecidedthoroughthoroughgoingundividedunqualifiedunadulteratedunalloyedunmodifiedunreserveddownrightundilutedsolidconsummateunmitigatedsheerarrantrankdyed-in-the-woolplenaryperemptoryOpposite partialqualified
   • ▪ used for general emphasis when expressing an opinion: "the policy is absolute folly" Similar definitecertainpositiveunconditionalcategoricalunquestionableundoubtedunequivocaldecisiveconclusiveconfirmedmanifestinfallibleOpposite partialqualified
   • ▪ (of powers or rights) not subject to any limitation; unconditional: "no one dared challenge her absolute authority" Similar unlimitedunrestrictedunrestrainedunboundedunboundboundlessinfiniteultimatetotalsupremeunconditionalfulluttersovereignomnipotentOpposite conditional
   • ▪ (of a ruler) having unrestricted power: "he proclaimed himself absolute monarch" Similar autocraticdespoticdictatorialtyrannicaltyrannousauthoritarianarbitraryimperiousdomineeringhigh-handeddraconianautonomoussovereignautarchicautarchicalantidemocraticOpposite constitutional
   • ▪ (of a decree) final: "the decree of nullity was made absolute"
   • ▪ see absolute title
   • 2. viewed or existing independently and not in relation to other things; not relative or comparative: "absolute moral standards" Similar universalfixedindependentnonrelativenonvariableabsolutistrigidestablishedsetsettleddefinitedecidedirrevocableunalterableunquestionableauthoritativeincontrovertiblein black and whiteOpposite relativeflexible
   • 3. (of a construction) syntactically independent of the rest of the sentence, as in: "dinner being over, we left the table"
   • ▪ (of a transitive verb) used without an expressed object (e.g. guns kill).
   • ▪ (of an adjective) used without an expressed noun (e.g. the brave).

   noun

   • 1. a value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things: "good and evil are presented as absolutes"
   • ▪ something that exists without being dependent on anything else.
   • ▪ ultimate reality; God.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin absolutus ‘freed, unrestricted’, past participle of absolvere (see absolve).

   Derivatives

   • 1. absoluteness noun

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   Use absolute as a noun or an adjective when you're so sure of something that you know it will never change. For example, a devout person's belief in life after death is an absolute; that person has absolute faith in the afterlife.

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