Willfulness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Willful \Will"ful\, a. [Will + full.] [Written also wilful.]
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     1. Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful
        murder. --Foxe.
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              In willful poverty chose to lead his life.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              Thou to me
              Art all things under heaven, all places thou,
              Who, for my willful crime, art banished hence.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. Governed by the will without yielding to reason;
        obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as,
        a willful man or horse.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Will"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Will"ful*ness},
        n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  willfulness
       n : the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of
           discipline [syn: {unruliness}, {fractiousness}, {wilfulness}]