= tyranny, n. (in various senses).

Violent or lawless action; violence, outrage, villany. Obsolete or archaic.

Disregard of law, morality, or propriety; outrageous conduct. Now rare.

The quality of being lawless; disregard of, or disobedience to, law or rule.

Divergence from the right path; transgression of law or morality; misconduct, lawlessness, criminality; an instance of the same. archaic.

= exorbitance, n. 2. Obsolete.

Disorder resulting from the absence or disregard of government or authority; instigation of this; chaos, confusion.

Actions or behaviour typical of outlaws; lawlessness.

Disregard or defiance of the law.

the ‘law of the jungle’ (see law, n.1 16d).

law of the jungle: the code of survival in jungle life, now usually with reference to the superiority of brute force or self-interest in the…