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absolute

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.

Absolute can also mean "without any doubt," as in the case of an absolute beauty — such as a glamorous movie star or a supermodel — or "without limits," such as a dictator who has absolute power over the people. Or, absolute can describe a final demand that must be met, such as the absolute conditions a person buying a home might present to its seller — it's the last step and can make or break the sale.

DEFINITIONS OF: absolute

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adj perfect or complete or pure

absolute loyalty”
absolute silence”
absolute truth”
absolute alcohol”
Synonyms
direct
lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
implicit, unquestioning
being without doubt or reserve
infinite
total and all-embracing
living
(informal) absolute
Antonyms:
comparative, relative
estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
relational
having a relation or being related
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adj complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

absolute freedom”
“an absolute dimwit”
Synonyms:
downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer
complete
having every necessary or normal part or component or step

adj expressing finality with no implication of possible change

“an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority”
Synonyms
unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal
admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion

adj not capable of being violated or infringed

Synonyms:
infrangible, inviolable
inalienable, unalienable
incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another

adj not limited by law

“an absolute monarch”
Synonyms
arbitrary
based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice

n 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
Type of:
abstract, abstraction
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
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