wilfulness
71wilful — A word of several meanings, the meaning in the particular case often being influenced by the context. Spies v United States, 317 US 492, 87 L Ed 418, 63 S Ct 364. Voluntary, as distinguished from accidental. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 87. Intentional or… …
72Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …
73wilful — (US also willful) ► ADJECTIVE 1) intentional; deliberate. 2) stubborn and determined. DERIVATIVES wilfully adverb wilfulness noun …
74wilfully — wilful (US also willful) ► ADJECTIVE 1) intentional; deliberate. 2) stubborn and determined. DERIVATIVES wilfully adverb wilfulness noun …
75contrariness — noun 1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline • Syn: ↑perversity, ↑perverseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑perverse (for: ↑perverseness), ↑perverse ( …
76intractability — noun the trait of being hard to influence or control • Syn: ↑intractableness • Ant: ↑tractability • Derivationally related forms: ↑intractable (for: ↑intractableness), ↑ …
77intractableness — noun the trait of being hard to influence or control • Syn: ↑intractability • Ant: ↑tractability (for: ↑intractability) • Derivationally related forms: ↑intractable, ↑ …
78perverseness — noun 1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline • Syn: ↑contrariness, ↑perversity • Derivationally related forms: ↑perverse, ↑perverse (for: ↑perversity), ↑ …
79perversity — noun 1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline • Syn: ↑contrariness, ↑perverseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑perverse (for: ↑perverseness), ↑perverse, ↑ …
80wildness — noun 1. a feeling of extreme emotional intensity (Freq. 1) the wildness of his anger • Syn: ↑abandon • Derivationally related forms: ↑wild • Hypernyms: ↑passion, ↑ …
