willful

willful: will·ful or wil·ful /'wil-fəl/ adj: not accidental: done deliberately or knowingly and often in conscious violation or disregard of the law, duty, or the rights of others

willful injury

a willful violation of a court order

will·ful·ly adv

will·ful·ness n

willful: I adjective conscious, contemplated, contumax, deliberate, designed, inflexible, intended, intentional, intractable, intransigent, obdurate, obstinate, obstinatus, pertinax, planned, premeditated, purposed, purposeful, restive, retractory, studied, tenacious, uncompromising, unconstrained, unyielding, volitional, volitive, voluntary associated concepts: willful acts II index arbitrary and capricious, deliberate, disobedient, express, froward, hot-blooded, inexorable, inflexible, intentional, intractable, obdurate, pertinacious, premeditated, purposeful, recalcitrant, restive, spontaneous, unbending, uncontrollable, unruly, unyielding, voluntary

willful: adj.
Deliberate; intentional; premeditated.

willful: Intentional, conscious, and intended to achieve a particular result.

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willful: adj.

1 In civil law, intentional, voluntary, knowing; distinguished from accidental, but not necessarily malicious.

2 In criminal law, an act done stubbornly or with an evil intent.

willful: Intentional; not accidental; voluntary; designed.

willful: Intentional; not accidental; voluntary; designed.

willful: adj.

referring to acts which are intentional, conscious and directed toward achieving a purpose. Some willful conduct which has wrongful or unfortunate results is considered "hardheaded," "stubborn" and even "malicious." Example: "The defendant's attack on his neighbor was willful."

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Willful — Will ful, a. [Will + full.] [Written also wilful.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of set purpose; self determined; voluntary; as, willful murder. Foxe. [1913 Webster] In willful poverty chose to lead his life. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Thou to me Art all things … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
willful — [adj1] stubborn, obstinate adamant, bullheaded, contumacious, determined, dogged, fractious, froward, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, refractory, resolved, self… … New thesaurus
willful — c.1200, strong willed, from WILL (Cf. will) (n.) + FUL (Cf. ful). Willfully is late O.E. wilfullice of one s own free will, voluntarily; bad sense of on purpose is attested from late 14c … Etymology dictionary
willful — 1 deliberate, intentional, *voluntary, willing Analogous words: determined, decided, resolved (see DECIDE): intended, purposed (see INTEND): *obstinate, stubborn, dogged, pertinacious Contrasted words: acquiescent, *compliant: submissive, * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
willful — [wil′fəl] adj. 1. said or done deliberately or intentionally 2. doing as one pleases; self willed SYN. VOLUNTARY willfully adv. willfulness n … English World dictionary
willful — Proceeding from a conscious motion of the will; voluntary; knowingly; deliberate. Intending the result which actually comes to pass; designed; intentional; purposeful; not accidental or involuntary. Premeditated; malicious; done with evil intent … Black's law dictionary
willful — willfully, adv. willfulness, n. /wil feuhl/, adj. 1. deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder. 2. unreasonably stubborn or headstrong; self willed. Also, wilful. [1150 1200; ME; OE wilful willing. See… … Universalium
willful — will•ful or wilful [[t]ˈwɪl fəl[/t]] adj. 1) deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: willful murder[/ex] 2) cvb unreasonably stubborn or headstrong; perversely obstinate • Etymology: 1150–1200 will′ful•ly, adv. will′ful•ness, n. syn: willful,… … From formal English to slang
willful — or wilful adjective Date: 13th century 1. obstinately and often perversely self willed < a stubborn and willful child > 2. done deliberately ; intentional < willful disobedience > Synonyms: see unruly • willfully adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
willful — adjective 1) willful destruction Syn: deliberate, intentional, done on purpose, premeditated, planned, conscious Ant: accidental, unintentional 2) a willful child Syn … Thesaurus of popular words

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