ehdoton — meaning in English

English meaning

• absolute adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
• implicit adj Suggested or understood without being directly stated.
• indispensable adjective So necessary that it cannot be done without.
• peremptory adj Allowing no argument or discussion; not open to question.
• uncompromising adj Firm and unwilling to make concessions or change one's position.
• unconditional adj Given completely, with no conditions, limits, or exceptions attached.

Senses

ehdoton is used for these senses in English:

• absolute Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory. [first attested in the mid 1500s]
• absolute Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. [first attested in the late 1400s]
• absolute (especially, philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards. [first attested in the late 1700s]
• hard-and-fast (idiomatic, of rules, etc) strictly maintained; not subject to variation
• implicit Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
• indispensable (ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules. [16th–17th c.]
• nonnegotiable Not negotiable; not subject to negotiation.
• uncompromising Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions.

absolute — full definition

1. adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
2. adj Measured independently, without reference to anything else for comparison.
3. noun Something that exists as a fixed, unconditional truth or standard.

implicit — full definition

1. adj Suggested or understood without being directly stated.
2. adj Complete and unquestioning, usually describing trust or faith.

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