Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: deliberate, disobedient, froward, headstrong, intended, intentional, knowing, self-willed, voluntary, wilful

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