absolute
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
ÆB · sə · luːt (3 syllables)
English
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Definition
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
Etymology
First attested around 1380. From Middle English absolut, from Middle French absolut, from Latin absolūtus (“unconditional; unfettered; completed”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, set free, complete”), from ab (“away”) + solvo (“to loose”). Influenced in part by Old French absolu. Compare absolve.
Example Sentences
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- "While Americans enjoy an almost absolute freedom to name their children whatever they please, in Germany the State (as public guardian of the good of the child) restricts parents [...]"
- "An absolute monarch is free from all forcible restraint, and so far as he is absolute[,] from all legal restraints of positive laws."
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