1. 
[syn: starkness, absoluteness, utterness]
2.  the quality of being absolute; 
- Example: "the absoluteness of the pope's decree could not be challenged"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Absoluteness \Ab"so*lute*ness\, n.
   The quality of being absolute; independence of everything
   extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent
   reality; positiveness.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
absoluteness
    n 1: the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the
         starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was
         open to many objections" [syn: starkness, absoluteness,
         utterness]
    2: the quality of being absolute; "the absoluteness of the
       pope's decree could not be challenged"