absolute

• adj. 絶対的な; 完全な; 専制的な
• n. 絶対的なもの

absolveの過去分詞形。この言葉の意味は微妙に変化している。

absolute

absolute: [14] Absolute, absolution, and absolve all come ultimately from the same source: Latin absolvere ‘set free’, a compound verb made up from the prefix ab- ‘away’ and the verb solvere ‘loose’ (from which English gets solve and several other derivatives, including dissolve and resolve). From the 13th to the 16th century an alternative version of the verb, assoil, was in more common use than absolve; this came from the same Latin original, but via Old French rather than by a direct route.

The t of absolute and absolution comes from the past participial stem of the Latin verb – absolūt-. The noun, the adjective, and the verb have taken very different routes from their common semantic starting point, the notion of ‘setting free’: absolve now usually refers to freeing from responsibility and absolution to the remitting of sins, while absolute now means ‘free from any qualification or restriction’.
=> dissolve, resolve, solve

absolute (adj.)

late 14c., "unrestricted; complete, perfect;" also "not relative to something else" (mid-15c.), from Middle French absolut (14c., Old French asolu, Modern French absolu), from Latin absolutus, past participle of absolvere "to set free, make separate" (see absolve).

Most of the current senses also were in the Latin word. Sense evolution was "detached, disengaged," thus "perfect, pure." Meaning "despotic" (1610s) is from notion of "absolute in position." Absolute monarchy is recorded from 1735 (absolute king is recorded from 1610s); scientific absolute magnitude (1902), absolute value (1907) are from early 20c. In metaphysics, the absolute "that which is absolute" is from 1809.

1. The industry minister described the affair as "an absolute scandal ".

工業大臣はこの事件を「絶対的なスキャンダル」と形容した。

2.I think he 's an absolute stinker to do that to her.

彼が彼女をそんな風に扱うのはあまりにも不徳だと思います。

3.In absolute terms British wages remain low by European standards.

欧州基準では、英国の賃金の絶対値は依然として低い。

4.Attorneys are ethically and legally bound to absolute confidentiality.

道徳も法律も弁護士たちに絶対的な秘密保持を要求している。

5.Four foot should be seen asan absolute minimum.

は、4フィートよりも決して少なくすることはできません。