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unconditional

unconditional

86 4.4
Having no rules that limit it, for example love or help that expects nothing
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənl/
translation icon : incondicional
  • Mel, how do you teach your kids that love is unconditional and not transactional?
  • unconditional love
  • unconditional support
  • unconditional acceptance

We should all be shooting for unconditional happiness.

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Examples

  • The first issue is active and unconditional support for promoting democracy and human rights globally.

    Academic text (1994)
  • He promised her unconditional acceptance, no matter what choices she made.

  • Just because the love is unconditional, it is nothing but love.

  • So release any of that and just right now, send unconditional love to Jack.

  • Can I interest you in some unconditional love?

  • It's constant and unconditional and it's life giving.

  • We should all be shooting for unconditional happiness.

  • Thank you for your unconditional love and your countless sacrifices.

  • I mean, as I sit here, the thing I see when I look at the two of you, the thing that moves me is your unconditional love.

  • What is rightfully ours is the unconditional love of God, as his sons and daughters, the joy of knowing that, the peace that love brings.

Synonyms

absolute
vsunconditional
388 4.1

Not limited or conditional, often about complete power

emphasizes lack of limits rather than added senses of control
unfettered
vsunconditional
28 7.3

Free from limits or rules

focuses on absence of conditions rather than vivid liberty or release
categorical
vsunconditional
5 7.2

Clear and without any doubt

focuses instead on lacking conditions or limits rather than expression style
unconstrained
vsunconditional
3 6.1

Not limited or held back and able to act freely

is about lacking required conditions rather than general absence of control
unconstraining
vsunconditional
1 6.9

Allowing freedom to act or choose without strict rules

highlights lack of required conditions rather than enabling flexible options
unconditioned
vsunconditional
7.3

Free from rules or requirements

is the same meaning but is a different word form
categoric
vsunconditional
6.4

Shows something clearly and firmly so people have no doubt

refers more to absence of conditions than to clarity of expression
unrestrictive
vsunconditional
5.2

Not making strict rules and allowing a lot of freedom

is about lacking required conditions rather than merely permissive in use
unconfined
vsunconditional
4.7

Without walls or edges, things move freely

concerns absence of conditions rather than physical openness or space

Antonyms

33 5.0

True or allowed only if something else happens

How Unconditional

absolute
388 4.1
unconditional
86 4.4
limited
97 1.9
conditional
33 5.0

Surface Forms

unconditional positive

Morphology

unconditional = conditional (transparent) = un + condition + al

A straightforward negation: the productive prefix 'un-' applied to the adjective 'conditional' yields 'not conditional' (absolute).

Etymology

Unconditional comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and condition meaning a 'rule' or 'requirement'. So unconditional means 'not under any condition' — something given absolutely with no rules attached.