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Dissolute; dissipated. "A coarse and debauched look." Ld. Lytton.

Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; resolute; as, a decided opinion or purpose.

To make decrees; -- used absolutely. Father eternal! thine is to decree; Mine, both in heaven and earth to do thy will. Milton.

In a manner to show or point out; directly; absolutely; definitely. When Christ spake it deictically. Hammond.

Disorder; dissoluteness. [Obs.] Excess of rideordination. Jer. Taylor.

Division; separation; putting away. [Obs.] No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton.

Lost to shame; dissolute. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign. Irresponsible power in human hands so naturally leads to it, that cruelty has become associated with despot and tyrant. C. J. Smith.

Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary. -- Des*pot"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Des*pot"ic*al*ness, n.

The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny. "The despotism of vice." Byron.

Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.] More determinate to do than skillful how to do. Sir P. Sidney. Determinate inflorescence (Bot.), that in which the flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which puts a limit to its growth; -- also called centrifugal inflorescence. -- Determinate problem (Math.), a p…

Resolutely; unchangeably. Being determinately . . . bent to marry. Sir P. Sidney.

The quality of mind reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness. He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. Emerson.

Decided; resolute. "Adetermined foe."" Sparks.

One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power. Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a pope, over our language. Macaulay.

Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute. Military powers quite dictatorial. W. Irving.

The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.

Without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms. No man hath hitherto been so impious as plainly and directly to condemn prayer. Hooker.

Absolute. Diriment impediment (R. C. Ch.), an impediment that nullifies marriage.

r noting and marking differences. To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential. Trench.