About The Word Arbitrary

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Arbitrary

Arbitrary Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Arbitrary?
[adj] based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator";"an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Arbitrary: absolute | capricious | discretional | discretionary | impulsive | whimsical Related Terms | Find terms related to Arbitrary: absolute | absolutist | absolutistic | aristocratic | arrogant | autarchic | authoritarian | authoritative | autocratic | autonomous | bossy | capricious | careless | chance | chancy | cranky | crotchety | despotic | dictatorial | discretional | discretionary | dogmatic | domineering | doubtful | elective | erratic | fanciful | fantasied | fantastic | feudal | flaky | freakish | free | free will | gratuitous | grinding | harebrained | heedless | high-handed | humorsome | iffy | imperative | imperial | imperious | impetuous | inadvertent | inconsiderate | inconsistent | independent | indiscreet | irrational | kinky | kooky | lordly | maggoty | magisterial | magistral | masterful | monocratic | moody | motiveless | nonmandatory | notional | offered | oppressive | optional | oracular | overbearing | overruling | peremptory | petulant | precipitate | proffered | quirky | random | rash | reasonless | repressive | screwball | self-acting | self-active | self-determined | self-determining | severe | spontaneous | strict | subjective | summary | suppressive | temperamental | thoughtless | tyrannical | tyrannous | unasked | unbesought | unbidden | uncalculating | uncalled-for | uncertain | uncoerced | uncompelled | uncompromising | unconstrained | undisciplined | unforced | unguarded | uninfluenced | uninvited | unpredictable | unpressured | unprompted | unreasonable | unreasoning | unreflecting | unrequested | unrequired | unrestrained | unruly | unsolicited | unsought | unthinking | unthoughtful | vagarious | vagrant | varying | voluntary | volunteer | wanton | wayward | whimsical | wild | willful | zany See Also | Arbitrary In Webster's Dictionary \Ar"bi*tra*ry\, a. [L. arbitrarius, fr. arbiter: cf.
F. arbitraire. See {Arbiter}.]
1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed
rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.
It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so. --Jer.
Taylor.
Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is
the most arbitrary of all things. --Landor.
2. Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and
therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the
possession of power.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the
ruins of liberty abused licentiousness.
--Washington.
3. Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and
unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or
government. --Dryden.
{Arbitrary constant}, {Arbitrary function} (Math.), a
quantity of function that is introduced into the solution
of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will
be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special
requirements.
{Arbitrary quantity} (Math.), one to which any value can be
assigned at pleasure.
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