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English Dictionary: willful by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
willful
adj
  1. done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"
    Synonym(s): willful, wilful
  2. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
    Synonym(s): froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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