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ˈarbitrariness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being arbitrary or uncontrolled in the exercise of will; a. capriciousness; b. despotism.
1643Herle Answ. Ferne 16 He may..governe with the Arbitrarinesse of a Father. 1657Cromwell Sp. 21 Apr. (Carl.) The horridest Arbitrariness that ever was exercised in the world. 1750Carte Hist. Eng. II. 843 The Arbitrariness of his prosecutions, and the severity of his punishments. 1754Edwards Freed. Will iv. §7 (1762) 235 Senseless Arbitrariness, determining and acting without Reason, Design, or End. 1846Ruskin Mod. Paint. I. ii. v. i. §12 There is, however, a strange arbitrariness about this elongation of reflection. 1853Bancroft Hist. U.S. (1876) V. lxvii. 291 The country was outraged by the arbitrariness of the military occupation. |