Main entry: absolute
Definition: 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
Usage: no mortal being can influence the absolute
Main entry: absolute
Definition: perfect or complete or pure
Usage: absolute loyalty; absolute silence; absolute truth; absolute alcohol
Main entry: absolute, inviolable, infrangible
Definition: not capable of being violated or infringed
Usage: infrangible human rights
Main entry: absolute, out-and-out, sheer, rank, right-down, downright
Definition: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Usage: 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
Main entry: absolute
Definition: not limited by law
Usage: an absolute monarch
Main entry: absolute
Definition: expressing finality with no implication of possible change
Usage: an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority