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