ABSOLUTE

• (noun) 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"

• (adj.) perfect or complete or pure

  "absolute loyalty", "absolute silence", "absolute truth", "absolute alcohol"

  The job demanded absolute loyalty on her part. -added by naila_inlas

  
  -tagged by learner_md
  This man is meditating in absolute silence.

• (adj.) not capable of being violated or infringed

  "infrangible human rights"

  synonyms : infrangible , inviolable

  The right to freedom of expression is not absolute. -added by geeta_inlas

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : downright , out-and-out , rank , right-down , sheer

  Absolute freedom is an impossibility. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) not limited by law

  "an absolute monarch"

  He was an absolute monarch who was not responsible to any legislative or executive body. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) expressing finality with no implication of possible change

  "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority"

  He was required to give an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority. -added by naila_inlas

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