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Willful

Willful Meaning & Definition
Willful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Willful?

[adj] by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"
[adj] habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
[adj] done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Willful: deliberate | disobedient | froward | headstrong | intended | intentional | knowing | self-willed | voluntary | wilful

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Willful In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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