Sentence:  While Americans enjoy an almost <WSD>absolute</WSD> freedom to name their children whatever they please, in Germany the State (as public guardian of the good of the child) restricts parents [...] 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. (first attested in the late 1400s)<ref name=SOED>(page=9)</ref>