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Arbitrary

ARBITRARY, a. [L. arbitrarious.]
1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
2. Despotic; absolute in power; having no external control; as, an arbitrary prince or government.

 

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