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9 words match “UNCONDITIONAL”

UNCONDITIONAL a.
conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender. O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy sentence unconditional. Dryden. -- Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv.
ABSOLUTE a.
Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.
ABSOLUTELY adv.
In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.
CARTE BLANCHE n.
iven to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.
DEFINITIVE a.
Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express. A strict and definitive truth. Sir T. Browne. Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. Prescott.
INCONDITIONAL a.
Unconditional. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
UNCONDITIONED a.
Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.
UTTER a.
Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial. Clarendon. Utter bar (Law), the whole body of junior barristers. See Outer bar, under 1st Outer. [Eng.] -- Utter barrister (Law), one recently admitted as barrister, who is accustomed to plead without, or outside, the bar, as distinguished f…
WAGES n.
Econ.), the aggregate capital existing at any time in any country, which theoretically is unconditionally destined to be paid out in wages. It was formerly held, by Mill and other political economists, that the average rate of wages in any country at any time depended upon the relation of the wages fund to the number o…