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absolute in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  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 
adjective
  1. perfect or complete or pure
    "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol"
    absolute 
  2. not limited by law
    "an absolute monarch"
    absolute 
  3. not capable of being violated or infringed
    "infrangible human rights"
    absolute  infrangible  inviolable 
  4. expressing finality with no implication of possible change
    "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority"
    absolute 
  5. 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"
    absolute  downright  out-and-out  rank  right-down  sheer 
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