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Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority.

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  1. a. Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority.
  2. n. Decisive procedure.
  3. adj. full in all respects
  4. Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license;plenary authority.A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. I. Watts.Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporalpunishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins.-- Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration.
  5. j:93/n:7 s. full in all respects