Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic. first attested in the late 1400s
Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree. first attested around 1400
Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed. first attested in the mid 1500s
Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way. first attested in the late 1500s
Positive, certain; unquestionable. first attested in the early 1600s
Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction). first attested in the early 1600s
Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards. first attested in the late 1700s
Independent of properties; not comparative or relative.
Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory. first attested in the mid 1500s
Having reference to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.
Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left". first attested around 1350 to 1470
Relating to the absolute temperature scale (based on absolute zero); kelvin.
Syntactically connected to the rest of the sentence in an atypical manner, or not relating to or depending on it, like in the nominative absolute or genitive absolute, accusative absolute or ablative absolute. first attested around 1350 to 1470
Lacking a modified substantive, like "hungry" in "feed the hungry". first attested around 1350 to 1470
Expressing a relative term without a definite comparison, like "older" in "an older person should be treated with respect". first attested around 1350 to 1470
Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).
Having no direct object, like "kill" in "if looks could kill". first attested around 1350 to 1470
As measured using an absolute value.
Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
Absolved; free. attested from the mid 1300s until the mid 1600s
In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
The unity of spirit and nature; God.
The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced.
Concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes.
