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willful |
2 definitions found 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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