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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WILLFUL, a. [will and full.]
1. Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; inflexible; as a willful man.
2. Stubborn; refractory; as a willful horse.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience" [syn: willful, wilful]
2: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful]

Merriam Webster's

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 • willfulness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of WILFUL.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Willful 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see wilful

Moby Thesaurus

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