[syn: categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional]
3. not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unconditional \Un`con*di"tion*al\, a.
Not conditional, limited, or conditioned; made without
condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional
surrender.
[1913 Webster]
O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree,
Or bind thy sentence unconditional. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster] -- Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unconditional
adj 1: not conditional; "unconditional surrender" [syn:
unconditional, unconditioned] [ant: conditional]
2: not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical
denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, categorical,
flat, unconditional]
3: not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or
something else
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "unconditional":
absolute, admitting no exception, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
all-out, all-pervading, born, broad-based, categorical, clean,
clear, complete, comprehensive, conclusive, congenital, consummate,
decided, decisive, deep-dyed, definite, definitive, determinate,
downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, entire, exhaustive,
explicit, express, final, fixed, flat, flat-out, full, global,
illimitable, implicit, inappealable, indisputable, intensive,
limitless, no strings, omnibus, omnipresent, open, out-and-out,
outright, peremptory, perfect, pervasive, plain, plenary, plumb,
positive, pure, radical, regular, round, sheer, straight,
straight-out, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing,
through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unbound, unbounded,
uncircumscribed, unconditioned, unconfined, undoubting,
unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, universal, unlimited,
unmeasured, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning,
unreserved, unrestricted, unwaivable, utter, veritable, whole,
wholesale, wide-open, without exception, without reserve,
without strings
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
UNCONDITIONAL. That which is without condition; that which must be performed
without regard to what has happened or may happen.