willfulness

willfulness
The quality of being willful; obstinacy

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  • willfulness — index forethought Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Willfulness — Willful Will ful, a. [Will + full.] [Written also wilful.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of set purpose; self determined; voluntary; as, willful murder. Foxe. [1913 Webster] In willful poverty chose to lead his life. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Thou to me Art… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • willfulness — noun see willful …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • willfulness — See willfully. * * * …   Universalium

  • willfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) also wilfulness noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity,… …   English dictionary for students

  • willfulness — n. deliberateness, quality of being intentional; stubbornness, tenacity; determination …   English contemporary dictionary

  • willfulness — will·ful·ness …   English syllables

  • willfulness — See willful …   Black's law dictionary

  • willfulness — noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline • Syn: ↑unruliness, ↑fractiousness, ↑wilfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑wilful (for: ↑wilfulness), ↑willful, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • constructive willfulness — Intentional disregard of a known duty necessary to the safety of a person, and an entire absence of care for the life, the person, or the property of others, such as exhibits a conscious indifference to consequences …   Black's law dictionary

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