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Definition of absolute : 1. Authoritative; peremptory.
2. Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non- relative.
3. Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty.
4. In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
5. Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.
6. Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self- existent; self- sufficing.
7. Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See Ablative absolute, under Ablative.
8. Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
9. Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
10. Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; - opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.

Synonyms:

downright, unambiguous, unfaltering, unreserved, blank, oppressive, measure, fascist, unabridged, realistic, haughty, sheer, impregnable, actuality, sacrosanct, unassailable, impeccable, total, definitely, nazi, picture-book, despotic, authoritative, ideal, unalienable, unrestrained, purified, free, living, plumb, peremptory, compulsory, strong, metric, imperative, crashing, governmental, particular, substance, simple, autocratic, dead, restricted, unquestioning, deciding, unlimited, deadly, absolutistic, straight-out, the real McCoy, unconstrained, damned, dogmatic, autarchical, unrelieved, univocal, colonialist, clean, unconditioned, limited, syntactically independent, fanatic, blanket, tyrannous, autocratical, pure, literally, unbounded, completely, plain, dreadful, stone, undiluted, unmixed, imperious, lordly, entire, totalitarian, constitutional, communistic, unflawed, seamless, arrogant, unattackable, gradation, profound, implicit, altogether, unstinted, infrangible, over, right-down, overbearing, immaculate, definitive, official, compulsive, autarchic, politics, governing, factor, suppressive, the real world, neat, last, straight, thoroughgoing, good, comprehensive, Midland, inviolate, direct, inalienable, flat-out, very, czarist, the real thing, exacting, coercive, damn, full, regular, objective, picture-perfect, dictatorial, refined, tyrannical, fine, thorough, graduation, letter-perfect, domineering, the genuine article, calibration, fixed, flawless, rank, commanding, controlling, tyrannic, indefectible, bicameral, big, inquisitorial, wholehearted, firm, absolutist, bodacious, especially, arrant, collectivist, authoritarian, irreproachable, independent, imperial, reality, verisimilitude, settled, undemocratic, inviolable, all-out, metrication, monocratic, blooming, democratic, arbitrary, geocentric, secure, out-and-out, irresponsible, autonomous, stark, fair, unhesitating, unalloyed, undoubting, hard and fast, perfectly, real life, federal, cotton-picking

doubtless, irrefutable, set, confident, indisputable, veritable, trusting, convinced, clear, patent, unquestionable, decided, incontestable, assured, decisive, undoubted, steadfast, unmistakable, irrefragable, incontrovertible

beneficial, affirmative, optimistic, constructive

Holy Ghost, creator, godhead, idol, hero, redeemer, omniscience, Christ, Son of God, Providence, heroine, Son of Man, salvation, muse, Jesus, deity, Lamb of God, Savior, Trinity, all-powerful, dieu, Jesus Christ, infinite, Messiah, Lord, inspiration, Jesu, demigod, King of Kings, God, divinity, judge, Prince of Peace, omnipotence, King of the Jews, Almighty, Jehovah, maker, goddess

unblemished, faultless, untarnished

unadulterated

indubitable, consummate, unmitigated, undeniable, unconditional, certain, positive, categorical, definite, perfect, unrestricted, sure, supreme, complete, utter, unequivocal, unqualified, conclusive

flat, denominational, typical, outright

gospel, authentic, right, honest, proven, true, axiomatic, factual, veracious

Usage examples:

• I knew that this lady was going in anger from our house, but had no desire to see her before she went; for since the scene which had flung poor Jessie almost insensible on that bed, my dislike of the woman had deepened into absolute horror. - "Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life", Ann S. Stephens.
• May not such things be known of without absolute experience? - "Records of a Girlhood", Frances Ann Kemble.
• Her excitement faded at her absolute inability to place the circumstances of her memory. - "Linda Condon", Joseph Hergesheimer.