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- Absolute (philosophy), a concept in philosophy
- Absolute construction, a grammatical construction used in certain languages.
- Absolute defence, a factual circumstance or argument that, if proven, will end the litigation in favor of the defendant
- Absolute liability, a standard of legal liability found in tort and criminal law of various legal jurisdictions
- Absolute magnitude, the brightness of a star
- Absolute monarchy, a monarchical form of government in which the monarch's powers are not limited by a constitution or by the law
- Absolute value, a notion in mathematics, commonly a number's numerical value without regard to its sign
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