absoluteness

Noun

absoluteness (usually uncountable, plural absolutenesses)

1. (obsolete, usually) The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness.
2. (usually) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.
   • the absoluteness of his sovereignty, the absoluteness of his convictions
3. (usually) Absolute authority, unlimited power; absolutism, despotism.
   • I know no man that could produce more parts, both naturall and artificiall, fit to preserve his masterie, and to maintaine his absolutenesse, than he doth; yet is hee cleane falne from them like a childe.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 228
4. (usually) The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.
5. (usually) Independent autonomy.