absolute
/ˈæb.səˌlut/ noun C1- That which exists (or has a certain property, nature, size, etc) independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated. · moral absolutes
- 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 whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God.
- A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete.
Plural absolutes
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I knocked him down, and the police have him in custody; but I can tell you with the most absolute confidence that no possible connection will ever be traced between the gentleman upon whose front teeth I have barked my knuckles and the retiring mathematical coach, who is, I daresay, working out problems upon a blackboard ten miles away.
"You are absolute plate-glass.
But absolute secrecy was necessary, or even in this quiet country-side there would have been an outcry, and I should have been dragged to my horrible doom.
I was tutor to his nephews, who are dead; and when he was alone in the world, I tried by absolute devotion to his will, to make up to him all he had done for me during ten years of unremitting kindness.
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