absolute (adj.)

  1. perfect or complete or pure; absolute loyalty; absolute silence; absolute truth; absolute alcohol'

    absolute (n.)

  1. 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; no mortal being can influence the absolute'

    absolute (adj.)

  1. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; 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

    [ Syn: downright , out-and-out , rank , right-down , sheer ]

  2. not limited by law; an absolute monarch'

  3. expressing finality with no implication of possible change; an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority'

  4. not capable of being violated or infringed; infrangible human rights

    [ Syn: infrangible , inviolable ]

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