arbitrariness

[Eng. arbitrary ; -ne .) The quality of being arbitrary, despotical, or tyrannical. "Self-regarding or di ocial moral qualities 5. Arbitrarine ."-Bowring: Bentham's Table of the Springs of Action , Works, vol. i., p. 198. *ar-bi-trär-i-ous, a . [Lat. arbitrarius = (1) pertaining to arbitration; (2) arbitrary.] Arbitrary, despotic, tyrannical. "These are standing and irrepealable truths; such as have no precarious existence or arbitrarious dependence upon any will or understanding whatsoever." -Norris. *ar-bi-trär-i-oŭs-lý, adv. [Eng. arbitrarious; -ly.] In an arbitrary manner. "Where words are imposed arbitrariously , distorted from their common use the mind must be led into misprision."-Glanville.