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The one word that ruins itself the moment you say it about everything.

means Complete, total, and not limited or qualified by anything — or, of a ruler, holding power unchecked by laws or other authorities.

from From Latin absolutus, the past participle of absolvere, 'to set free, loosen, complete' — from ab- ('away from') plus solvere ('to loosen, release,' the same root that gives us 'solve' and 'dissolve'). So an absolute thing is literally 'loosed' from all conditions and restraints: free of limits, finished, standing on its own. The word arrived in English through Old French in the late Middle Ages.

absolute zero
Minus 273.15 Celsius, where motion nearly stops
vodka brand
Absolut sells over 100 million liters yearly
math meaning
Absolute value strips away the minus sign
royal flavor
Absolute monarchs answered to nobody but God
grammar quirk
Absolutes like perfect logically cannot be compared
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