- willfulness
- noun see willful
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
willfulness
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willfulness — index forethought Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Willfulness — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
willfulness — See willfully. * * * … Universalium
willfulness — noun The quality of being willful; obstinacy … Wiktionary
willfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) also wilfulness noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity,… … English dictionary for students
willfulness — n. deliberateness, quality of being intentional; stubbornness, tenacity; determination … English contemporary dictionary
willfulness — will·ful·ness … English syllables
willfulness — See willful … Black's law dictionary
willfulness — noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline • Syn: ↑unruliness, ↑fractiousness, ↑wilfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑wilful (for: ↑wilfulness), ↑willful, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
constructive willfulness — Intentional disregard of a known duty necessary to the safety of a person, and an entire absence of care for the life, the person, or the property of others, such as exhibits a conscious indifference to consequences … Black's law dictionary
