| ABSOLUTELY | • absolutely adv. In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly. • absolutely adv. Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors. • absolutely adv. (Grammar) In a manner that does not take an object. |
| ABSOLUTEST | • absolutest adj. (Rare) superlative form of absolute: most absolute. • ABSOLUTE adj. unconditional, fundamental. |
| ABSOLUTION | • absolution n. (Ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority. • absolution n. The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense. • absolution n. The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. |
| ABSOLUTISE | • absolutise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of absolutize. • ABSOLUTISE v. to make absolute, also ABSOLUTIZE. |
| ABSOLUTISM | • absolutism n. (Theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner. • absolutism n. (Political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. • absolutism n. (Philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute. |
| ABSOLUTIST | • absolutist n. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government. • absolutist n. (Metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute. • absolutist n. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute. |
| ABSOLUTIVE | • absolutive adj. (Grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action. • absolutive adj. (Rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving. • absolutive n. (Grammar) The absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it. |
| ABSOLUTIZE | • absolutize v. (Transitive) To make absolute. • ABSOLUTIZE v. to make absolute. |
| ABSOLUTORY | • absolutory adj. Serving to absolve; absolving; giving absolution. • ABSOLUTORY adj. forgiving or absolving. |
| ABSOLVABLE | • absolvable adj. That may be absolved. • ABSOLVABLE adj. capable of being absolved. |
| ABSOLVENTS | • absolvents n. Plural of absolvent. • ABSOLVENT n. something that absolves. |
| ABSOLVITOR | • absolvitor n. (Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal. • ABSOLVITOR n. in Scots law, a judgment favourable to a defender. |
| UNABSOLVED | • unabsolved adj. Not absolved. • UNABSOLVED adj. not absolved. |