Definition of willful

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Willful (a.) Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse..

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Indulge :: Indulge (v. t.) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure..
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..
Ignorance :: Ignorance (n.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have.
Pervicacious :: Pervicacious (a.) Obstinate; willful; refractory.
Desertion :: Desertion (n.) The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service..
Falsification :: Falsification (n.) Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
Contumacy :: Contumacy (n.) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned..
Willful :: Willful (a.) Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder..
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him..
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..
Pulsation :: Pulsation (n.) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.
Derelict :: Derelict (n.) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea..
Perverse :: Perverse (a.) Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted..
Cool :: Cool (superl.) Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior..
Malice :: Malice (n.) Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness..
Murder :: Murder (n.) To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n..
Stomachic :: Stomachful (a.) Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse.
Cruelty :: Cruelty (n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
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..
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