Absolute Definition & Meaning

absolute
adjective
  1. perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol"
  2. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
  3. not limited by law; "an absolute monarch"
  4. expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority"
  5. not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights"
noun
  1. something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative; "no mortal being can influence the absolute"

"Absolute" in song lyrics

See how absolute is used in real songs:

  • "The buttons that flashed I pushed for absolute"
    Aceyalone — The Guidelines
  • "I'll wilin' off that Ruby Red and Absolute"
    Big Tymers f/ Juvenile — Rocky
  • "Truth is absolute"
    Blackalicious — Sky is Falling

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