Absolute and Sole

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Absolute adjective - Exercising power or authority without interference by others.

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Sole and absolute are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sole" instead an adjective "Absolute".

Sole adjective - Belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named.

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Absolute and sole are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Absolute" instead an adjective "Sole".

Nearby Words: solely, soled, soling

The Emperor in Photon has been the sole and absolute ruler of the galaxy for a few thousand years, and it became so boring that he allowed one of his subordinates to hatch a plan to achieve ultimate power and depose him, just so he'd have someone powerful to fight at the end.

Source: Lonely at the Top
Perhaps the biggest one, after all the struggles Sano had just staying in court, keeping his reputation intact and his family alive, and in spite of genuinely having no interest in ruling over Japan, he ends up with sole and absolute control over the new shogun, allowing him to basically rule Japan.

Source: Literature / Sano Ichiro
The Greek agrees to help him beat the murder charge by convincing the sole surviving witness to change his story (allowing him to plead self-defense), but only in exchange for absolute loyalty.

Source: Shoot The Shaggy Dog / Live-Action TV

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