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willfulness
will·ful also wil·ful W0157800 (wĭl′fəl)adj.1. Said or done on purpose; deliberate: willful disregard of the rules. See Synonyms at voluntary.2. Obstinately bent on having one's own way: exasperated by his willful child. will′ful·ly adv.will′ful·ness n.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | willfulness - the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of disciplinefractiousness, unruliness, wilfulnessintractability, intractableness - the trait of being hard to influence or controlcontrariness, perverseness, perversity - deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or disciplinewildness - an unruly disposition to do as one pleases; "Liza had always had a tendency to wildness"; "the element of wildness in his behavior was a protest against repressive convention" |
willfulness also wilfulness nounThe quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding:bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, tenaciousness, tenacity.LegalSeeWillfulwillfulness
Synonyms for willfulnessnoun the quality or state of being stubbornly unyieldingSynonyms- bullheadedness
- doggedness
- hardheadedness
- mulishness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- pertinaciousness
- pertinacity
- perverseness
- perversity
- pigheadedness
- tenaciousness
- tenacity
Synonyms for willfulnessnoun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of disciplineSynonyms- fractiousness
- unruliness
- wilfulness
Related Words- intractability
- intractableness
- contrariness
- perverseness
- perversity
- wildness
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