(grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(of a case form) Syntactically connected to the rest of the sentence in an atypical manner; ablative absolute; nominative absolute; genitive absolute; accusative absolute. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
Standing by itself in a loose syntactical connection, and qualifying the sentence as a whole rather than any single word in it. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(of an adjective or possessive pronoun) Lacking a modified substantive. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(comparative, superlative) Expressing a relative term without a definite comparison.'[First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(of a transitive sense of a verb) Having no direct object. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(Ireland, Wales) An inflected verb that is not preceded by any number of articles or compounded with a preverb. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(obsolete) Absorbed in (e.g. an occupation). [Attested only in the late 15th century.]
Pure; unmixed. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
(figuratively) Complete; utter; outright; unmitigated; entire; total; not qualified or diminished in any way; unrestricted; without limitation. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
Having unlimited power, without limits set by a constitution, parliament, or other means; independent in ownership or authority. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
Absolutist; arbitrary; despotic. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
Proceeding from or characteristic of an absolute ruler. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
Positive; unquestionable; peremptory. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
Real; actual. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
(archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person or prediction). [First attested in the early 17th century.]
Free from conditional limitations; operating or existing in full under all circumstances without variation. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
(law) Complete; unconditional; final; without encumbrances; not liable to change or cancellation.
(philosophy) Existing, able to be thought of, or able to be viewed without relation to other things. [First attested in the late 18th century.]
(philosophy) Fundamental; ultimate; intrinsic; free from the variability and error natural to the human way of thinking and perception. [First attested in the late 18th century.]
(physics) Independent of arbitrary units of measurement not comparative or relative.
Having reference to or derived from the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.
Relating to the absolute temperature scale.
(education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
(art) Concerned entirely with expressing beauty and feelings, lacking meaningful reference.
(dance) Utilizing the body to express ideas, independent of music and costumes.
