(obsolete) The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness. Attested from the mid 16th century until the 17th century.
Absolute authority, unlimited power; despotism. First attested in the 16th century.
1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.8:I know no man that could produce more parts, both naturall and artificiall, fit to preserve his masterie, and to maintaine his absolutenesse, than he doth; yet is hee cleane falne from them like a childe.
The fact free from any conditions or other beings ; certainty. First attested in the 17th century.
Independent autonomy. First attested in the 17th century.
