arbitrariness n 1: the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory" [syn: {flightiness}, {arbitrariness}, {whimsicality}, {whimsy}, {whimsey}, {capriciousness}]
Arbitrariness \Ar"bi*tra*ri*ness\, n. The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]