Emily Dickinson Lexicon

tyranny (-ies), n. [Fr. < L. < Gk.]

1. Command; dominion; domination; supreme power; absolute control; total mastery.
2. Despotism; unrighteous dominion; [fig.] a despot; a dictator; a bully; an authoritarian leader.
3. Injustice; merciless action; [fig.] bloodshed; warmongering.
4. Authority; [irony] Deity; Jehovah; the Omnipotent; the Almighty; the Supreme Being; the King of Kings; the Ruler of the Universe.