What do the words absolute Despotism mean as they are used in paragraph 2 of The Declaration of Independence?

Here is the sentence from paragraph 2 for your reference:

"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

Question 3 options:

Complete and cruel domination


Total commitment and determination


Excessive hardship and suffering


Utter arrogance and wickedness