Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Absolute
absolute, n. [see absolute, adj.] (webplay: die, live, gravity, independent, philosophy, relative).
- Independence; autonomy; supremacy; sovereignty in its own sphere.
- Incomparable being; divine person; ultimate reality; unchangeable entity; eternal nature of Deity in contrast with relativity; immortality in contrast with the uncertain nature of mortality.
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