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| 1. | [ adjective ] perfect or complete or pure | |
| Examples: | "absolute loyalty" "absolute silence" "absolute truth" "absolute alcohol" |
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| Related terms: | relative independent dead pure living syntactically_independent infinite very implicit direct | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | |
| Synonyms: | sheer out-and-out right-down rank downright | |
| Examples: | "absolute freedom" "a downright lie" "out-and-out mayhem" "a rank outsider" "many right-down vices" "sheer stupidity" |
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| Related terms: | complete | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | |
| Synonyms: | sheer out-and-out right-down rank downright | |
| Examples: | "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 jo |
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| Related terms: | complete | |
| 4. | [ noun ] something that is conceived to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control | |
| Examples: | "no mortal being can influence the absolute" |
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| Related terms: | abstraction | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] not limited by law | |
| Examples: | "an absolute monarch" |
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| Related terms: | arbitrary | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] without conditions or limitations | |
| Synonyms: | total unconditioned | |
| Examples: | "a total ban" |
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| Related terms: | unconditional | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] expressing finality with no implication of possible change | |
| Synonyms: | conclusive | |
| Examples: | "an absolute (or unequivocal) guarantee to respect the nation's authority" "inability to make a conclusive (or unequivocal) refusal" |
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| Related terms: | unequivocal | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] not capable of being violated or infringed | |
| Synonyms: | inviolable infrangible | |
| Examples: | "infrangible human rights" |
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| Related terms: | inalienable | |
| Similar spelling: |
absolutely absolutist absolve absolutism absolution absolver absolved abyssal absolvitory abocclusion |
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