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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WILLFULNESS, n. Obstinacy; stubbornness; perverseness.
Sins of presumption are such as proceed from pride, arrogance, willfulness, and haughtiness of mens heart.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline [syn: unruliness, fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulness]

Merriam Webster's

noun see willful

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.