| Absinthium |
| The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an
intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of
wormwood. |
| Absis |
| See Apsis. |
| Absist |
| To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist. |
| Absistence |
| A standing aloof. |
| Absolute |
| Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled;
unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy,
sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an
absolute monarch. |
| Absolute |
| Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as,
absolute perfection; absolute beauty. |
| Absolute |
| 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. |
| Absolute |
| Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other
being; self-existent; self-sufficing. |
| Absolute |
| Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone;
unconditioned; non-relative. |
| Absolute |
| Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. |
