The Clue
Sheer (8 letter answer)
The Answer
ABSOLUTE
Tags
Notes
The answer ABSOLUTE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.
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Total
" . . . ___ power corrupts . . . ": Lord Acton
Definition
ABSOLUTE as a noun:
1. something that is conceived to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control; "no mortal being can influence the absolute"
ABSOLUTE as an adjective:
1. perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol"
2. (absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer) = complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
3. not limited by law; "an absolute monarch"
4. (absolute, conclusive) = expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority"; "inability to make a conclusive refusal"
5. (absolute, total, unconditioned) = without conditions or limitations; "a total ban"
6. (absolute, infrangible, inviolable) = not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights"