[ˌabsəˈluːt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not qualified or diminished in any way; total
(e.g: absolute secrecy)

- viewed or existing independently and not in relation to other things; not relative or comparative
(e.g: absolute moral standards)

- (of a construction) syntactically independent of the rest of the sentence, as in dinner being over, we left the table


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin absolutus ‘freed, unrestricted’, past participle of absolvere (see absolve)

[ˌabsəˈluːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things
(e.g: good and evil are presented as absolutes)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin absolutus ‘freed, unrestricted’, past participle of absolvere (see absolve)