| Noun | 1. | absolute - something that is conceived to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control; "no mortal being can influence the absolute" |
| Adj. | 1. | absolute - perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol" Antonyms: relative - not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger" |
| 2. | absolute - 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" | |
| 3. | absolute - not limited by law; "an absolute monarch" | |
| 4. | absolute - expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute (or unequivocal) quarantee to respect the nation's authority"; "inability to make a conclusive (or unequivocal) refusal" Synonyms: conclusive | |
| 5. | absolute - without conditions or limitations; "a total ban" Synonyms: unconditioned, total | |
| 6. | absolute - not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights" Synonyms: infrangible, inviolable |
ABSOLUTE. Without any condition or encumbrance, as an "absolute bond," simplex obligatio, in distinction from a conditional bond; an absolute estate, one that is free from all manner of condition or incumbrance. A rule is said to be absolute, when, on the hearing, it is confirmed. As to the effect of an absolute conveyance, see 1 Pow. Mortg. 125; in relation to absolute rights, 1 Chitty, Pl. 364; 1 Chitty, Pr. 32.
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