Chapter Abominate to Abutment of A by Soule's Synonymes

2. Abstracted, preoccupied, inattentive, dreaming, musing, lost, napping, absent-minded, in a brown study.

Absent-minded, a. Abstracted, preoccupied. See absent.

Absent one’s self. Be not present, stay away, keep away, keep aloof, hold aloof.

Absolute, a.

1. Independent, unrestricted, unqualified, unlimited, unconditional, unconditioned, complete, perfect, self- existent, self-determined, ideal, supreme, causa sui.

2. Despotic, arbitrary, tyrannical, tyrannous, imperious, imperative, authoritative, autocratic, dictatorial, irresponsible.

3. Positive, actual, real, veritable, determinate, decided, genuine, categorical, unequivocal, unquestionable, certain.

Absolutely, ad.

1. Completely, unconditionally, without limit, definitely.

2. Truly, actually, positively, indeed, really, in fact, in reality, in truth, unquestionably, indubitably, beyond peradventure, infallibly.

Absoluteness, n.

1. Despotism, arbitrariness. See absolutism.

2. Positiveness, reality, actuality, perfection, ideality, supremeness, etc. See absolute.

Absolution, n. Acquittal, remission, discharge, release, liberation, deliverance, clearance, forgiveness, pardon, shriving, shrift. See indulgence, justification.

Absolutism, n. Absoluteness, arbitrariness, despotism, tyranny, autocracy, personal government, Cæsarism, the “man on horseback.”

Absolutory, a. Clearing, acquitting, releasing, pardoning, forgiving, absolvatory.

Absolvatory, a. See absolutory.

Absolve, v. a. Acquit, clear, release, liberate, free, discharge, loose, deliver, exculpate, exonerate, excuse, forgive, pardon, shrive, set free. See justify.

Absorb, v. a.

1. Imbibe, take in, take up, suck in, suck up, drink in, appropriate, assimilate.