absolu, n.m., absolute, existing independent of any other cause.

absolu, -e, adj., absolute; arbitrary, despotical, unlimited; peremptory; magisterial; positive, unconditional; full, strict.

absolument, adv., absolutely, arbitrarily, peremptorily; positively, indispensably, fully. Il refusa —; he gave a flat denial.

absolution, n.f., absolution; acquittal; discharge. Sans avoir reçu l’—; unabsolved.

absolutisme, n.m., absolutism.

absolutiste, n.m.f., partisan of absolute power.

absolutoire, adj., absolutory.

absorbable, adj., absorbable.

absorbant, -e, adj., absorptive, absorbent.

absorbent, n.m., absorbent.