Absistence

A standing off. Absolute, a. [Lat. absolutus.] Completed, finished, perfect in itself; total: as, an absolute beauty. (Metaphys.) A term employed to indicate that which exists without limitation of any kind. Another term, of the same meaning, is the unconditional. The absolute stands opposed to the relative or conditional. Ab solute truths are truths which are nece ary and universal; such are the axioms of mathematical science, and, in the estimation of certain schools of thought, the first principles of theology and morals. (Politics.) A government is strictly said to be absolute when the supreme head is above the control of law, and has unrestricted power of legislation. Not familiar with the habits of civilized life; they have about 1,000 warriors, but are rapidly decreasing.