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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Willful \Will"ful\, a. [Will + full.] [Written also wilful.]
1. Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as willful
murder. --Foxe.
In willful poverty chose to lead his life.
--Chaucer.
Thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places
thou, Who for my willful crime, art banished hence
--Milton.
2. Governed by the will without yielding to reason;
obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as
a willful man or horse. -- {Will"ful*ly}, adv --
{Will"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
willful
adj 1: done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful
disobedience" [syn: {intentional}, {wilful}]
2: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn: {froward},
{headstrong}, {self-willed}, {wilful}]
3: by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a
knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"
[syn: {deliberate}, {intentional}, {knowing}, {wilful}]
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