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Definition of: tyranny
(tir′ə·nē) noun plural ·nies
1. Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administered; despotism.
2. An arbitrarily cruel exercise of power; a tyrannical act.
3. In Greek history, the office or the administration of a tyrant.
4. Severity; roughness. [<OF tirannie <L tyrannia <tyrannus a tyrant]
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