Absolute
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Adjective[edit]
absolute (comparative more absolute or absoluter, superlative most absolute or absolutest)
- Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. [first attested in the late 1400s][2] quotations ▼
- Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic. [first attested in the late 1400s][2] quotations ▼
- Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory. [first attested in the mid 1500s][2] quotations ▼
- Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic. [first attested in the late 1400s][2] quotations ▼
- Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree. [first attested around 1400][2] quotations ▼
absolute purity, absolute liberty
- Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed. [first attested in the mid 1500s][2]
absolute alcohol
- Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way. [first attested in the late 1500s][2] quotations ▼
When caught, he told an absolute lie.
an absolute denial of all charges
You're an absolute genius!
- (very occasionally postpositive) Positive, certain; unquestionable; not in doubt. [first attested in the early 1600s][2]