Emily Dickinson Lexicon

absolute, adj. [Fr. absolut < L. absolūt-um, loosened, free, acquitted.] (webplay: die, earth, equation, God, independent, live).

1. Unavoidable; inescapable; inevitable.
2. Real; objective; ideal; perfect; unchangeable; not relative; unaffected by outward perception; independent of cause and effect.
3. Persistent; independent of any hindrance.
4. Whole; full; entire; final; complete in time; [fig.] deathlike.
5. Necessary; essential; imperative; obligatory; basic.
6. Sure; certain; definite; positive.
7. Authoritative; unquestionable; unconditional; elemental; inalterable; supreme; divine.