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(1):

(a.) Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.

(2):

(a.) Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.

(3):

(a.) 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.

(4):

(a.) Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.

(5):

(a.) Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.

(6):

(a.) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See Ablative absolute, under Ablative.

(7):

(n.) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

(8):

(a.) Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty.

(9):

(a.) Authoritative; peremptory.

(10):

(a.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Absolute'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/absolute.html. 1828.
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