in freiem Ermessen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- arbitrary adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
Senses
in freiem Ermessen is used for these senses in English:
- arbitrary (usually, of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.
arbitrary — full definition
- adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
- adj Used, in mathematics and logic, to mean "any one you like" out of all the possibilities — not random in the everyday sense, but unspecified.
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