unconditional

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adjective

Absolute; without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications.

“We demand your unconditional surrender.”

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveunconditional (comparative more unconditional, superlative most unconditional)

comparative more unconditional · superlative most unconditional · alternative obsolete inconditional

  1. Absolute; without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications.

    We demand your unconditional surrender.

    1 more example

    So that there can be no possible misunderstanding, both Germany and Japan can be certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that America will continue to fight for freedom until no vestige of resistance remains. Our demand has been and it remains unconditional surrender.

    1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 10:06 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162

    Synonyms: absolute, categorical · Antonyms: conditional

noununconditional (plural unconditionals)

plural unconditionals · alternative obsolete inconditional

  1. That which is not conditional.

    The me, the world, and God, are the three unconditionals, the three absolutes […]

    1854, Victor Cousin, A. G. Henderson, The Philosophy of Kant: Lectures, page 90
  2. human sciencesA conditional-like structure expressing that the consequent holds true regardless of the particular value of the antecedent.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAbsolute; without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications.

Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot conditional

Opposite

adjectivenot modified or restricted by reservations

adjectivenot contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishconditional
  9. Englishunconditional

From un- + conditional.

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Translations

Arabic غَيْر مَشْرُوط
  • غَيْر مَشْرُوط (ḡayr mašrūṭ)without conditions
Bulgarian безусловен
  • безусловен (bezusloven)without conditions
Catalan incondicional
  • incondicionalwithout conditions
Chinese Mandarin 無條件的 /无条件的
  • 無條件的 /无条件的 (wútiáojiàn de)without conditions
Czech bezpodmínečný
  • bezpodmínečnýwithout conditions
Danish ubetinget, betingelsesløs
  • ubetingetwithout conditions
  • betingelsesløswithout conditions
Dutch onvoorwaardelijk
  • onvoorwaardelijkwithout conditions
Esperanto nekondiĉa
  • nekondiĉawithout conditions
Estonian vastuvaidlematu, tingimusteta
  • vastuvaidlematuwithout conditions
  • tingimustetawithout conditions
Finnish ehdoton
  • ehdotonwithout conditions
French inconditionnel
  • inconditionnelwithout conditions
German bedingungslos
  • bedingungsloswithout conditions
Greek χωρίς όρους, άνευ όρων
  • χωρίς όρους (chorís órous)without conditions
  • άνευ όρων (ánev óron)without conditions
  • ανεπιφύλακτος (anepifýlaktos)without conditions
Hungarian feltétel nélküli, feltétlen
  • feltétel nélküliwithout conditions
  • feltétlenwithout conditions
Irish gan choinníoll, gan chuntar
  • gan choinníollwithout conditions
  • gan chuntarwithout conditions
  • neamhchoinníollachwithout conditions
  • gan chomhlawithout conditions
Italian incondizionato
  • incondizionatowithout conditions
Japanese 無条件の
  • 無条件の (mujōken no)without conditions
Māori herekore, korehere
  • herekorewithout conditions
  • koreherewithout conditions
Persian بی قید و شرط
  • بی قید و شرط (bi qeyd o šart)without conditions
Polish bezwarunkowy, bezwzględny
  • bezwarunkowywithout conditions
  • bezwzględnywithout conditions
Portuguese incondicional
  • incondicionalwithout conditions
Romanian necondiționat
  • necondiționatwithout conditions
Russian безогово́рочный, безусло́вный
  • безогово́рочный (bezogovóročnyj)without conditions
  • безусло́вный (bezuslóvnyj)without conditions
Spanish incondicional
  • incondicionalwithout conditions
Swedish ovillkorlig, villkorslös
  • ovillkorligwithout conditions
  • villkorslöswithout conditions
Turkish şartsız, koşulsuz
  • şartsızwithout conditions
  • koşulsuzwithout conditions
Ukrainian безумо́вний, беззастере́жний
  • безумо́вний (bezumóvnyj)without conditions
  • беззастере́жний (bezzasteréžnyj)without conditions
Vietnamese không điều kiện
  • không điều kiệnwithout conditions
Cite this entry
APA

unconditional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconditional

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“unconditional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconditional. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unconditional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconditional.

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