wilfulness

  • 81wilful — adj. (US willful) 1 (of an action or state) intentional, deliberate (wilful murder; wilful neglect; wilful disobedience). 2 (of a person) obstinate, headstrong. Derivatives: wilfully adv. wilfulness n. Etymology: ME f. WILL(2) + FUL …

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  • 82will — 1. v.aux. & tr. (3rd sing. present will; past would) (foll. by infin. without to, or absol.; present and past only in use) 1 (in the 2nd and 3rd persons, and often in the 1st: see SHALL) expressing the future tense in statements, commands, or… …

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  • 83waywardness — n unmanageableness, unruliness, stubbornness, obstinacy, wilfulness, perverseness, perversity, contrariness, disobedience, rebelliousness, insubordination FORMAL obduracy, contumacy ≠ tractableness …

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