Definition of willful

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Willful (a.) Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder..

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Assault :: Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery..
Stomachic :: Stomachful (a.) Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse.
Guilt :: Guilt (v. t.) The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right..
Willful :: Willful (a.) Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder..
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..
Murder :: Murder (n.) To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n..
Perjury :: Perjury (v.) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations..
Ignorance :: Ignorance (n.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have.
Vandalism :: Vandalism (n.) The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monuments..
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
Heady :: Heady (a.) Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
Vandal :: Vandal (n.) Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature..
Falsification :: Falsification (n.) Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.
Cool :: Cool (superl.) Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior..
Punish :: Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience..
Presumptuous :: Presumptuous (a.) Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful..
Ignore :: Ignore (v. t.) Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person..
Contumacious :: Contumacious (a.) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.
Wayward :: Wayward (a.) Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.
Wilfulness :: Wilfulness (n.) See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness..
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