·adj Authoritative; peremptory.
II. Absolute ·adj Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
III. Absolute ·adj Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
IV. Absolute ·adj Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.
V. Absolute ·adj Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
VI. Absolute ·adj Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty.
VII. Absolute ·noun In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
VIII. Absolute ·adj Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. ·see Ablative absolute, under Ablative.
IX. Absolute ·adj Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real;
— opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.
X. Absolute ·adj Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.